It seems like there was a study from Stanford, regarding effect on the latest USA ellection: > Gentzkow and Allcott find that the most widely circulated hoaxes

It seems like there was a study from Stanford, regarding effect on the latest USA ellection: > Gentzkow and Allcott find that the most widely circulated hoaxes were seen by only a small fraction of Americans. And only about half of those who saw a false news story believed it. http://news.stanford.edu/2017/01/18/stanford-study-examines-fake-news-2016-presidential-election/ http://news.stanford.edu/2017/01/18/stanford-study-examines-...