Does presenting credibility labels of journalistic sources affect news consumption? New study finds limited effects

Labeling the credibility of information sources does not shift the consumption of news away from low-quality sources or reduce belief in widely circulated inaccurate claims among average internet users, but providing an indicator of sources' quality may improve the news diet quality of the heaviest consumers of misinformation, shows a new study by New York University's Center for Social Media and Politics.

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