Psychological inoculation protects against the social media infodemic.
Sci Rep
; 13(1): 5780, 2023 04 08.
Artículo
en Inglés
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2317150
ABSTRACT
Misinformation can have a profound detrimental impact on populations' wellbeing. In this large UK-based online experiment (n = 2430), we assessed the performance of false tag and inoculation interventions in protecting against different forms of misinformation ('variants'). While previous experiments have used perception- or intention-based outcome measures, we presented participants with real-life misinformation posts in a social media platform simulation and measured their engagement, a more ecologically valid approach. Our pre-registered mixed-effects models indicated that both interventions reduced engagement with misinformation, but inoculation was most effective. However, random differences analysis revealed that the protection conferred by inoculation differed across posts. Moderation analysis indicated that immunity provided by inoculation is robust to variation in individuals' cognitive reflection. This study provides novel evidence on the general effectiveness of inoculation interventions over false tags, social media platforms' current approach. Given inoculation's effect heterogeneity, a concert of interventions will likely be required for future safeguarding efforts.
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Colección:
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Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Técnicas Psicológicas
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Comunicación
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Medios de Comunicación Sociales
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Desinformación
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Infodemia
Tipo de estudio:
Estudio pronóstico
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Ensayo controlado aleatorizado
Tópicos:
Variantes
Límite:
Humanos
Idioma:
Inglés
Revista:
Sci Rep
Año:
2023
Tipo del documento:
Artículo
País de afiliación:
S41598-023-32962-1
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