Mobilizing Users: Does Exposure to Misinformation and Its Correction Affect Users’ Responses to a Health Misinformation Post?

Misinformation spreads on social media when users engage with it, but users can also respond to correct it. Using an experimental design, we examine how exposure to misinformation and correction on Twitter about unpasteurized milk affects participants’ likelihood of responding to the misinformation,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Melissa Tully, Leticia Bode, Emily K. Vraga
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2020-12-01
Series:Social Media + Society
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2056305120978377