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초록

The present study attempts to identify motivational factors that lead individuals vulnerable to fake news on North Korea, using a nationally representative survey data. The study found that as opposed to previous studies using Western samples, self-placed, symbolic ideology did not affect fake news discernment. Right wing authoritarianism (RWA) and social dominance orientation (SDO) seemed to hamper the ability to discern the fake news while system justification did not. The study observed that women were more vulnerable to the fake news. And the younger or the less educated, the more vulnerable to the fake news. Supporting the ruling liberal party, which has been recognized as the party of Sunshine policy, seemed to increase the discernment. These results suggest that current symbolic ideological polarization does not lead to difference in the fake news discernment. That would facilitate informed discussion based on facts among political opponents.

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