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Abstract：
False political information-misinformation or disinformation-is widely spread on social media. Individual social media users play a large part in this. However, only a minority actively share false material. It is important to establish what sets these individuals apart from those who do not, and why they do it. Motivations for sharing may vary and are likely to differ between people who share false material unknowingly and on purpose. In this paper we consider the extent to which individual differences in personality and other variables, and motivations for sharing, are associated with the likelihood of people sharing false political information both accidentally and deliberately. In a series of four studies (Ns = 614, 563, 627, 113) we examined predictors of sharing false political information using different methodological approaches. Across the four studies, a key finding was that positive schizotypy is associated with measures of sharing false information both accidentally and deliberately. Motivations for sharing political information online were also relevant, with sharing for reasons of \'raising awareness\' appearing particularly important. Implications for research and practice are discussed.
摘要：
虚假的政治信息-错误信息或虚假信息-在社交媒体上广泛传播。个人社交媒体用户在这方面发挥了很大作用。然而,只有少数人积极分享虚假材料。重要的是要确定是什么让这些人与那些没有的人区分开来，以及他们为什么这么做。分享的动机可能会有所不同，并且在不知不觉和故意分享虚假材料的人之间可能会有所不同。在本文中，我们考虑了人格和其他变量的个体差异的程度，和分享的动机，与人们意外和故意分享虚假政治信息的可能性有关。在一系列四项研究（Ns=614、563、627、113）中，我们使用不同的方法论方法研究了共享虚假政治信息的预测因素。在四项研究中，一个关键发现是，阳性分裂与偶然和故意共享虚假信息的措施有关。在线分享政治信息的动机也是相关的，由于“提高认识”的原因，分享显得尤为重要。讨论了对研究和实践的启示。
