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ABSTRACT
This study examines whether perceived severity of fake news and news media skepticism separately and/or jointly explain the use of and trust in fact-checkers. Drawing upon a survey of 2350 US adults, this study finds that perceived severity of fake news has a positive relation with fact-checker use and trust in fact-checkers. News media skepticism is positively, but marginally, associated with fact-checker use. The results show that people use fact-checkers more because they are worried about the potential harms of fake news rather than because they are disappointed by news media’s performance. This study also finds that news media skepticism strengthens the association between perceived severity of fake news and fact-checker use.
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