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Research Articles

Humans and Algorithms Detecting Fake News: Effects of Individual and Contextual Confidence on Trust in Algorithmic Advice

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Pages 1483-1494 | Received 10 Nov 2021, Accepted 18 Jun 2022, Published online: 24 Jul 2022

Figures & data

Figure 1. Stylized example of individual vs contextual effects. Dark dots represent cases from participant 1, clear dots from participant 2. Although participant 1 is less confident than 2, there is no effect of (average) individual confidence on the willingness to accept advice. There is, however, an effect of the contextual confidence: participants are less likely to accept advice for cases about which they are more confident (even though the case about which participant 1 is most confident, is a lower confidence level than even the lowest of participant 2).

Figure 1. Stylized example of individual vs contextual effects. Dark dots represent cases from participant 1, clear dots from participant 2. Although participant 1 is less confident than 2, there is no effect of (average) individual confidence on the willingness to accept advice. There is, however, an effect of the contextual confidence: participants are less likely to accept advice for cases about which they are more confident (even though the case about which participant 1 is most confident, is a lower confidence level than even the lowest of participant 2).

Figure 2. The instruction text explaining the algorithmic advice.

Figure 2. The instruction text explaining the algorithmic advice.

Figure 3. Example of a (real) article as used in the experiment.

Figure 3. Example of a (real) article as used in the experiment.

Figure 4. Visualisation of the procedure per news article.

Figure 4. Visualisation of the procedure per news article.

Figure 5. Visualizations of the estimated effects of individual and contextual confidence on trust (left: following advice; right: asking for advice).

Figure 5. Visualizations of the estimated effects of individual and contextual confidence on trust (left: following advice; right: asking for advice).

Table 1. Multi-level logistic regression models for trust in advice and task performance.

Figure 6. Visualization of the estimated effects of individual and contextual confidence on task performance.

Figure 6. Visualization of the estimated effects of individual and contextual confidence on task performance.