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New Information Literacy Model for Identifying Mis/Disinformation Falls Short of Determining and Addressing a Need

Evidence Based Library and Information Practice
A Review of:  John, K., & Tater, B. (2025). Reframing the information literacy framework to identify misinformation and disinformation. Serials Librarian, 86(1/2), 29–55.
Abbey Lewis
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Misinformation as a Security Threat: Recognition of Misinformation in Student Population

2024 47th MIPRO ICT and Electronics Convention (MIPRO)
This paper presents a study on students' ability to recognize misinformation disseminated via social media, websites, forums, etc. The research was conducted with students from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences and the Croatian Military Academy (N=100).
Zvonko Trzun, Danijela Lucic, Tomislav Ivanjko   +2 more
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The effect of question type on resistance to misinformation about present and absent details

, 2020
The typical misinformation effect shows that accuracy is lower for details about which people received misleading compared to non‐misleading (control) information. In two experiments, we examined the misinformation effect for non‐witnessed details (i.e.,
Sharman, Stefanie J, Stefanie J. Sharman, Sonja P. Brubacher, Powell, Martine B, Martine B. Powell, Scoboria, Alan, Alan Scoboria, Brubacher, Sonja P   +7 more
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Types of HPV Vaccine Misinformation Circulating on Twitter (X) That Parents Find Most Concerning: Insights From a Cross-Sectional Survey and Content Analysis

Journal of Medical Internet Research
BackgroundParents frequently use social media as a source of information about the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine. Our previous work identified that, on Twitter (now X), almost 25% of tweets about the HPV vaccine contain ...
Jennifer C Morgan, Sarah Badlis, Katharine J Head, Gregory Zimet, Joseph N Cappella, Melanie L Kornides   +5 more
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When Corrections Fail: Effects of Misinformation Targets, Repeated Exposure, and Partisanship on Misinformation Beliefs

International Journal of Communication
This study evaluates the effectiveness of 3 misinformation-correction approaches—fact-based, narrative-based, and literacy-based—in countering politically polarized misinformation. Using a 2 (misinformation target: protesters vs.
Yunya Song, Yuanhang Lu, Stephanie Jean Tsang, Jingwen Zhang, Kelly Y. L. Ku   +4 more
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Using misinformation as a political weapon: COVID-19 and Bolsonaro in Brazil

, 2020
With over 30,000 confirmed cases, Brazil is currently the country most affected by COVID-19 in Latin America, and ranked 12th worldwide. Despite all evidence, a strong rhetoric undermining risks associated to COVID-19 has been endorsed at the highest ...
Medeiros, Juliano, Ricard, Julie
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Good news or bad news? The impact of information valence on high school students’ willingness to share misinformation and the effectiveness of a targeted accuracy prompt

Frontiers in Psychology
BackgroundWith the rapid proliferation of misinformation on social media, increasing attention has been paid to its psychological and behavioral mechanisms.
Zhichao Wang, Hua Jin, Hua Jin, Shanshan Li   +3 more
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A Comprehensive Analysis of COVID-19 Misinformation, Public Health Impacts, and Communication Strategies: Scoping Review

Journal of Medical Internet Research
BackgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic was marked by an infodemic, characterized by the rapid spread of both accurate and false information, which significantly affected public health.
Sezer Kisa, Adnan Kisa
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The impact of health misinformation and health literacy on the management of dyslipidemia

American Journal of Preventive Cardiology
Globally, cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of death. The dissemination of health misinformation on management dyslipidemia, especially statin misinformation, is a significant threat to public health and to the delivery of cardiovascular ...
Heather M. Johnson
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Debunking and exposing misinformation among fringe communities:Testing source exposure and debunking anti-Ukrainian misinformation among German fringe communities

Through an online field experiment, we test traditional and novel counter-misinformation strategies among fringe communities. Though generally effective, traditional strategies have not been tested in fringe communities, and do not address the online ...
Santos Okholm, Johannes Christiern, ten Thij, M. C., Ebrahimi Fard, A., Ebrahimi Fard, Amir, Santos Okholm, J. C., Ten Thij, Marijn; id_orcid   +5 more
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