Faux news in the digital age: Appendix 1
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Which of the following social media websites do you access most often? |
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Frequency |
Percent |
Valid Percent |
Cumulative Percent |
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Valid |
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36 |
13.5 |
13.5 |
13.5 |
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195 |
73.3 |
73.3 |
86.8 |
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4 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
88.3 |
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19 |
7.1 |
7.1 |
95.5 |
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Snapchat |
3 |
1.1 |
1.1 |
96.6 |
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Tumblr |
5 |
1.9 |
1.9 |
98.5 |
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I don’t use any social media |
4 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
100.0 |
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Total |
266 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
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What is the primary way you get your news? |
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Frequency |
Percent |
Valid Percent |
Cumulative Percent |
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Valid |
Phone notifications to my favorite news outlet. |
26 |
9.8 |
9.8 |
9.8 |
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Checking my favorite news outlet’s website. |
91 |
34.2 |
34.3 |
44.2 |
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Watching the news on TV. |
100 |
37.6 |
37.7 |
81.9 |
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Clicking on links my friends share on social media. |
37 |
13.9 |
14.0 |
95.8 |
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None of the above. |
11 |
4.1 |
4.2 |
100.0 |
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Total |
265 |
99.6 |
100.0 |
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Missing |
System |
1 |
.4 |
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Total |
266 |
100.0 |
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Of the following headlines, which would you be most likely to click and/or share on social media? |
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Frequency |
Percent |
Valid Percent |
Cumulative Percent |
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Valid |
Health Insurance Companies HATE This New Trick |
33 |
12.4 |
12.5 |
12.5 |
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Comparing Republican Health Care Proposals |
83 |
31.2 |
31.3 |
43.8 |
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How Trump may cover Americans with pre-existing conditions |
105 |
39.5 |
39.6 |
83.4 |
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Why Health Care Premiums Are Rising Under Obamacare |
44 |
16.5 |
16.6 |
100.0 |
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Total |
265 |
99.6 |
100.0 |
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Missing |
System |
1 |
.4 |
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Total |
266 |
100.0 |
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Which of the following headlines is not fake news? |
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Frequency |
Percent |
Valid Percent |
Cumulative Percent |
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Valid |
Denzel Washington Backs Trump in the Most Epic Way Possible |
39 |
14.7 |
14.7 |
14.7 |
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Final election 2016 numbers: Trump won both popular (62.9M-62.2M) and Electoral College Votes (306-232) |
86 |
32.3 |
32.3 |
47.0 |
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Stop Pretending You Don’t Know Why People Hate Hillary Clinton |
107 |
40.2 |
40.2 |
87.2 |
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Pope Francis Endorses Donald Trump |
34 |
12.8 |
12.8 |
100.0 |
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Total |
266 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
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Fake news beliefs
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I can identify a fake news headline right away. |
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Frequency |
Percent |
Valid Percent |
Cumulative Percent |
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Valid |
0% Not at all confident |
2 |
.8 |
.8 |
.8 |
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10% |
10 |
3.8 |
3.8 |
4.5 |
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20% |
8 |
3.0 |
3.0 |
7.5 |
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30% |
11 |
4.1 |
4.1 |
11.7 |
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40% |
16 |
6.0 |
6.0 |
17.7 |
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50% |
37 |
13.9 |
13.9 |
31.6 |
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60% |
43 |
16.2 |
16.2 |
47.7 |
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70% |
42 |
15.8 |
15.8 |
63.5 |
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80% |
43 |
16.2 |
16.2 |
79.7 |
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90% |
27 |
10.2 |
10.2 |
89.8 |
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100% -Very confident |
27 |
10.2 |
10.2 |
100.0 |
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Total |
266 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
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I can identify a fake news headline after taking a few moments to analyze it. |
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Frequency |
Percent |
Valid Percent |
Cumulative Percent |
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Valid |
0% Not at all confident |
2 |
.8 |
.8 |
.8 |
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10% |
2 |
.8 |
.8 |
1.5 |
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20% |
11 |
4.1 |
4.1 |
5.6 |
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30% |
12 |
4.5 |
4.5 |
10.2 |
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40% |
15 |
5.6 |
5.6 |
15.8 |
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50% |
28 |
10.5 |
10.5 |
26.3 |
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60% |
34 |
12.8 |
12.8 |
39.1 |
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70% |
35 |
13.2 |
13.2 |
52.3 |
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80% |
49 |
18.4 |
18.4 |
70.7 |
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90% |
44 |
16.5 |
16.5 |
87.2 |
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100% -Very confident |
34 |
12.8 |
12.8 |
100.0 |
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Total |
266 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
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