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Prebunking and credible source corrections increase election credibility: Evidence from the US and Brazil. [PDF]
Sci AdvWe investigate how to counter misinformation about voter and election fraud using data from the US and Brazil. Our study first compares two types of messages countering claims of widespread fraud: (i) retrospective corrections from credible sources ...
Carey JM +4 more
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Voters distrust delayed election results, but a prebunking message inoculates against distrust. [PDF]
PNAS NexusCounting and certifying election results in the United States can take days and even weeks following election day. These delays are often linked to distrust in elections but does delay cause distrust? What can election officials do to counteract distrust
Lockhart M +5 more
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Countering Misinformation and Fake News Through Inoculation and Prebunking [PDF]
European Review of Social Psychology, 2021 There has been increasing concern with the growing infusion of misinformation, or “fake news”, into public discourse and politics in many western democracies.
Lewandowsky, Stephan +1 more
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Big Data & Society, 2021 Misinformation about the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is a pressing societal challenge. Across two studies, one preregistered ( n 1 = 1771 and n 2 = 1777), we assess the efficacy of two ‘prebunking’ interventions aimed at improving people’s ability to ...
Melisa Basol +5 more
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Inoculating Against Fake News About COVID-19 [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2020 The outbreak of the SARS-CoV-2 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has been accompanied by a large amount of misleading and false information about the virus, especially on social media. In this article, we explore the coronavirus “infodemic” and how behavioral
Sander van der Linden +2 more
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Mis- and Disinformation About Covid-19 [PDF]
European Journal of Health Communication (EJHC), 2022 Misinformation and disinformation pose major challenges to effective health communication around the globe during the Covid-19 pandemic. In this special issue, we present research on mis- and disinformation about Covid-19 in the European context and ...
Sabrina Heike Kessler, Philipp Schmid
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Immunize the Public against Disinformation Campaigns: Developing a Framework for Analyzing the Macrosocial Effects of Prebunking Interventions [PDF]
Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 2023 The rapid spread of disinformation through online environments challenges the development of suitable solution approaches. The scientific evaluation of various intervention strategies shows that until now, no magic bullet has been found that can overcome
Boberg , Svenja +5 more
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Benefits and Pitfalls of Debunking Interventions to Counter mRNA Vaccination Misinformation During the COVID-19 Pandemic. [PDF]
Sci Commun, 2022 Misinformation about mRNA vaccination is a barrier in the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. Thus, authorities often rely on text-based refutations as a countermeasure.
Schmid P, Betsch C.
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Anàlisi: Quaderns de Comunicació i Cultura, 2022 La mayoría de las propuestas relacionadas con la neutralización de la desinformación en el ámbito académico suelen implicar la refutación de los bulos después de que el mensaje llegue al destinatario (estrategias de debunking), en lugar de favorecer la ...
Raquel Quevedo-Redondo +2 more
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The psychological drivers of misinformation belief and its resistance to correction [PDF]
Nature Reviews Psychology, 2022 Misinformation has been identified as a major contributor to a variety of contentious contemporary events ranging from elections and referenda to the response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Amazeen, Michelle A +8 more
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