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  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Social Psychology
  • Media Psychology

Background:

  • Truthiness describes the tendency to believe claims more when paired with related, non-probative information, often images.
  • The fluency account suggests that processing ease (fluency) with media cues familiarity and perceived truth.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To test the fluency account of truthiness by measuring response times as an indicator of processing fluency.
  • To investigate how different media types (photos, audio) influence truthiness and processing speed.

Main Methods:

  • Three experiments were conducted, manipulating media presence (photo, audio, photo+audio) and claim proportions.
  • Response time was used as a key metric to assess processing fluency.
  • Participants rated the truthfulness of claims presented with varying media.

Main Results:

  • Photo-present claims were processed faster than photo-absent claims, but the manipulation did not affect truthiness in Experiment 1.
  • Experiment 2A found no significant difference in truthiness across photo, audio, and combined media, though audio and combined media showed faster response times.
  • Experiment 2B confirmed that both audio and photos similarly enhance claim processing speed and increase belief.

Conclusions:

  • Related visual and auditory information enhance cognitive processing fluency, leading to increased belief in claims.
  • The findings support the fluency account, demonstrating that both photos and audio can increase the speed of claim evaluation and perceived truth.
  • Media's role in cognitive processing extends beyond visual stimuli, with audio also significantly impacting truthiness.