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Rebecca Ping Yu  Rebecca Ping Yu

Digital Journalism

2024

1-21

News verification has been an important practice to combat fakenews, but relatively little work has explored the antecedents andoutcomes of news verification outside of experimental settings.This study uses two-wave panel survey data from Taiwan toaddress this gap. Findings indicate that access to cultural, social,and technological resources largely determines individuals’ likeli-hood of undertaking advanced news verification that involvescross-checking with external sources. Some but not all verificationdivides vary by age, providing partial support for the perceptionthat news verification gaps are more salient among older adults.Findings also indicate the political implications of news verification:people who engage in advanced verification are more likely toexpress themselves politically than those who only undertake basicverification involving self-judgment. These results have implicationsfor targeted interventions to mitigate the negative impacts of fakenews engagement across age groups.