AI Agency in Fact-Checking: Role-Based Machine Heuristics and Publics' Conspiratorial Orientation

Lan, Duo; Zhu, Yicheng; Liu, Meiyu; He, Chuge

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dc.contributor.author	Lan, Duo	de
dc.contributor.author	Zhu, Yicheng	de
dc.contributor.author	Liu, Meiyu	de
dc.contributor.author	He, Chuge	de
dc.date.accessioned	2025-05-30T08:59:03Z
dc.date.available	2025-05-30T08:59:03Z
dc.date.issued	2025	de
dc.identifier.issn	2183-2439	de
dc.identifier.uri	https://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/102711
dc.description.abstract	With a focus on role-based (fact-checker and author) agencies and machine heuristics conceptualized by the modality, agency, interactivity, and navigability model, this study examines the comparative effect of AI (vs. human) agencies in debunking conspiracy theory news. Using a 2x2 online experiment with 506 participants, the study explores how conspiratorial orientation influences different role-based AI agencies' relationships with machine heuristics, and therefore news credibility perception and corrective action intentions. Results reveal that AI (vs. human) role-based agencies have separate but also interaction effects on heuristic activation. Moreover, potentially because conspiratorial orientation originates from skepticism towards humans, AI fact-checkers can be associated with higher corrective action intention for individuals with high conspiratorial orientation by activating AI fact-checker's positive machine heuristics.	de
dc.language	en	de
dc.subject.ddc	Publizistische Medien, Journalismus,Verlagswesen	de
dc.subject.ddc	News media, journalism, publishing	en
dc.subject.other	conspiratorial orientation; conspiracy theory; fact-checking; machine heuristics	de
dc.title	AI Agency in Fact-Checking: Role-Based Machine Heuristics and Publics' Conspiratorial Orientation	de
dc.description.review	begutachtet (peer reviewed)	de
dc.description.review	peer reviewed	en
dc.identifier.url	https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/9516/4387	de
dc.source.journal	Media and Communication
dc.source.volume	13	de
dc.publisher.country	PRT	de
dc.subject.classoz	Wirkungsforschung, Rezipientenforschung	de
dc.subject.classoz	Impact Research, Recipient Research	en
dc.subject.thesoz	künstliche Intelligenz	de
dc.subject.thesoz	artificial intelligence	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Glaubwürdigkeit	de
dc.subject.thesoz	credibility	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Desinformation	de
dc.subject.thesoz	disinformation	en
dc.rights.licence	Creative Commons - Namensnennung 4.0	de
dc.rights.licence	Creative Commons - Attribution 4.0	en
internal.status	formal und inhaltlich fertig erschlossen	de
internal.identifier.thesoz	10043031
internal.identifier.thesoz	10045790
internal.identifier.thesoz	10063936
dc.type.stock	article	de
dc.type.document	Zeitschriftenartikel	de
dc.type.document	journal article	en
internal.identifier.classoz	1080407
internal.identifier.journal	793
internal.identifier.document	32
internal.identifier.ddc	070
dc.source.issuetopic	AI, Media, and People: The Changing Landscape of User Experiences and Behaviors	de
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.17645/mac.9516	de
dc.description.pubstatus	Veröffentlichungsversion	de
dc.description.pubstatus	Published Version	en
internal.identifier.licence	16
internal.identifier.pubstatus	1
internal.identifier.review	1
internal.dda.reference	https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/oai/@@oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/9516
ssoar.urn.registration	false	de

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