Table 3 Responses to the question “have you come across this story before?” for each of the four news stories.
From: Evaluating real-world effects of one-off fake news exposure
Memory response | Nuts story (fake) | Quinoa story (true) | Avocado story (true) | Packaging story (true) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | |
Yes, came across this story in the media* | 14 | 0.89 | 55 | 2.29 | 278 | 11.60 | 440 | 18.36 |
Yes, heard about this story from a friend* | 6 | 0.38 | 24 | 1.00 | 57 | 2.38 | 54 | 2.25 |
Yes, but can’t remember where* | 40 | 2.53 | 93 | 3.88 | 393 | 16.39 | 609 | 25.41 |
Not sure | 119 | 7.54 | 270 | 11.26 | 328 | 13.68 | 427 | 17.81 |
No, never heard it before | 1400 | 88.66 | 1955 | 81.56 | 1341 | 55.94 | 867 | 36.17 |
Total N | 1579 | - | 2397 | - | 2397 | - | 2397 | - |
