Professor Scott Campbell published new research in Computers in Human Behavior highlighting that people who feel like news “finds them” – meaning they encounter news when they are not actively searching for it – are more likely to share fake news. The study also showed that how people use social media and their phones, both separately and together, affects this accidental news exposure and fake news sharing.

Campbell will have a new study published in the September issue of the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication further exploring the “news-finds-me” perception.