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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, Andrew J. Flanagin, Paul Mena, Shan Jiang, Christo Wilson   +4 more
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Alcohol-induced retrograde facilitation renders witnesses of crime less suggestible to misinformation [PDF]

, 2017
RATIONALE: Research has shown that alcohol can have both detrimental and facilitating effects on memory: intoxication can lead to poor memory for information encoded after alcohol consumption (anterograde amnesia) and may improve memory for information ...
A Hagsand, AC Moss, AJ Caswell, AJ Harvey, AM Ridley, Anne M. Ridley, CW Mueller, D Crossland, Edit Barnoth, EF Loftus, EF Loftus, ES Parker, ES Parker, F Gabbert, GH Gudjonsson, H Blank, Ian P. Albery, J Ost, J Shaw, J Weafer, J Weafer, Jack Young, JC Yuille, JR Evans, JT Wixted, JT Wixted, Julie Gawrylowicz, JW Schooler, K Van Oorsouw, K Van Oorsouw, KR Bruce, L Bègue, M McCloskey, MK Johnson, MT Fillmore, MT Fillmore, N Schreiber Compo, P Santtila, P Santtila, PL Moulton, PT Hertel, R Horry, RR Wetherill, SA Maisto   +43 more
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The effect of misinformation acceptance on COVID-19 prevention behaviors [PDF]

International Journal of Information Science and Management
The 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, Tahereh Tamimi, Mazyar Ganjoor, Parisa Eskandari   +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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Psychological Inoculation for Credibility Assessment, Sharing Intention, and Discernment of Misinformation: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

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, Bo Hu, Qiang Li, Chao Bi, Xing-Da Ju   +4 more
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\u3ci\u3eClimate, Complacency and American Culture: The Role of Narrative in the Era of the Misinformation Amid the Anthropocene\u3c/i\u3e [PDF]

, 2020
This article explores the relationship between climate misinformation campaigns and narratives in light of skepticism and denial of climate change in the era of the Anthropocene.
Batalha, Kayla
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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.
openaire   +1 more source

Misinformation and herd behavior in media markets: A cross-national investigation of how tabloids' attention to misinformation drives broadsheets' attention to misinformation in political and business journalism.

PLoS ONE, 2020
This study develops and tests a theoretical framework, which draws on herd behavior literature and explains how and under what conditions tabloids' attention to misinformation drives broadsheets' attention to misinformation.
Bartosz Wilczek
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Effects of misinformation on COVID-19 individual responses and recommendations for resilience of disastrous consequences of misinformation

Progress in Disaster Science, 2020
The proliferation of misinformation on social media platforms is faster than the spread of Corona Virus Diseases (COVID-19) and it can generate hefty deleterious consequences on health amid a disaster like COVID-19.
Zapan Barua, Sajib Barua, Salma Aktar, Najma Kabir, Mingze Li   +4 more
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Health Misinformation Across Multiple Digital Ecologies: Qualitative Study of Data From Interviews With International Students

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, Shanton Chang, Dana McKay, George Buchanan   +3 more
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