This paper investigates and quantifies citizens' susceptibility to fake news and assesses, using a randomized control trial, the effectiveness of a policy intervention to raise awareness. We find that the average citizen lacks proficiency in identifying fake news and harbors an inflated...

In this paper we examine what "data literacy" - under various definitions - means at a time of persistent distribution of "dis-/mis-/mal-information" via digital media. The paper first explores the definition of literacies (written, media, information, digital and data literacies) considering...

This paper analyzes the implications of those types of interventions that affect misreporting costs. I study a model of communication between an uninformed voter and a media outlet that knows the quality of two competing candidates. The alternatives available to the voter are endogenously...