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Knowing when to act: A call for an open misinformation library to guide actionable surveillance
Big Data & Society, 2021 The design and reporting of data-driven studies seeking to measure misinformation are patchy and inconsistent, and these studies rarely measure associations with, or effects on, behaviour.
Adam G Dunn +3 more
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Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2023 BackgroundThe prevalence of misinformation poses a substantial threat to individuals’ daily lives, necessitating the deployment of effective remedial approaches.
Chang Lu +4 more
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From Dark to Light: The Many Shades of Sharing Misinformation Online
Media and Communication, 2021 Research typically presumes that people believe misinformation and propagate it through their social networks. Yet, a wide range of motivations for sharing misinformation might impact its spread, as well as people’s belief of it. By examining research on
Miriam J. Metzger +4 more
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Misinformative Advertising [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2009 This paper analyzes how advertising can be used to mislead rivals in an oligopoly environment with demand uncertainty. In particular, we examine a two-period game in which two firms each sell a differentiated product whose attractiveness vis-à-vis the competitor's product is unknown.
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The effect of misinformation acceptance on COVID-19 prevention behaviors [PDF]
International Journal of Information Science and ManagementThe acceptance of misinformation about COVID-19 has had irreversible consequences on public health during the pandemic. The current study was conducted to investigate the effect of misinformation acceptance on preventive behaviors related to COVID-19 and
Leila Dehghani +3 more
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Politics meets healthcare? Religious misinformation in India during the COVID-19 pandemic
Jurnal Sosial Humaniora, 2020 India has recently become a hotspot of misinformation: the COVID-19 brings a new opportunity for the rumor-spreaders. Of various categories, religious misinformation seems harmful for both Indian society and public health.
Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman
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Hybrid Self-Repairs in Everyday Misinformation Sharing
International Journal of Communication, 2022 Recent studies on counteracting misinformation have emphasized correcting others that people believe share misinformation. There is also an impression that misinformation only spreads through a single platform. This study, in response, unfolds the repair
Abdul Rohman
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Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2022 BackgroundTransient migrants such as international students have received limited support from host country governments throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
Rashika Bahl +3 more
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Misinformation in India's 2019 National Election
Journal of Quantitative Description: Digital Media, 2022 This study investigates the dynamics and dissemination of political misinformation in India's 2019 national election campaign, drawing on cases identified by internationally verified fact-checkers.
Kiran Arabaghatta Basavaraj
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The impact of misinformation presented during jury deliberation on juror memory and decision-making
Frontiers in PsychologyWhen deliberating, jurors may introduce misinformation that may influence other jurors’ memory and decision-making. In two studies, we explored the impact of misinformation exposure during jury deliberation. Participants in both studies read a transcript
Hayley J. Cullen +10 more
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