Records, trust, and misinformation: Using birtherism to understand the influence of conspiracy theories on human information interactions
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DOI: 10.1002/asi.24697
Abstract: Records are persistent representations of activities created by partakers, observers, or their authorized proxies. People are generally willing to trust vital records such as birth, death, and marriage certificates. However, conspiracy theories and other misinformation… read more here.
Keywords: information; conspiracy; conspiracy theories; misinformation ... See more keywords
Does emotional or repeated misinformation increase memory distortion for a trauma analogue event?
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DOI: 10.1007/s00426-020-01409-x
Abstract: In general, memory of highly negative and even traumatic events can distort. However, the effect of misinformation exposure on such memories requires further investigation given the inconsistent past findings. With two experiments, we investigated: (1)… read more here.
Keywords: repeated misinformation; misinformation; exposure; memory distortion ... See more keywords
The effects of source expertise and trustworthiness on recollection: the case of vaccine misinformation
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DOI: 10.1007/s10339-020-00974-8
Abstract: Designing effective communication strategies for correcting vaccines misinformation requires an understanding of how the target group might react to information from different sources. The present study examined whether erroneous inferences about vaccination could be effectively… read more here.
Keywords: misinformation; vaccine misinformation; source; correction ... See more keywords
Misinformation and other elements in HPV vaccine tweets: an experimental comparison
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DOI: 10.1007/s10865-021-00203-3
Abstract: Our study examined how misinformation and other elements of social media messages affect antecedents to human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination of adolescents. In 2017–2018, we randomly assigned a national sample of 1206 U.S. parents of adolescents… read more here.
Keywords: social media; misinformation; hpv vaccine; vaccine tweets ... See more keywords
A media intervention applying debunking versus non-debunking content to combat vaccine misinformation in elderly in the Netherlands: A digital randomised trial
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DOI: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2021.100881
Abstract: Background As several COVID-19 vaccines are rolled-out globally, it has become important to develop an effective strategy for vaccine acceptance, especially in high-risk groups, such as elderly. Vaccine misconception was declared by WHO as one… read more here.
Keywords: intervention; misinformation; video; october 2020 ... See more keywords
Social media and COVID-19 misinformation: how ignorant Facebook users are?
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DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e07144
Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic has claimed a lot of lives around the world, not only with the virus but also with misinformation. Many researchers have investigated COVID-19 misinformation, but none of them was related to social… read more here.
Keywords: social media; misinformation; facebook; covid misinformation ... See more keywords
Medical Students and Youth-Led Efforts against Infodemic
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2021.12.117
Abstract: Purpose The IFMSA, voicing the opinion of 1.3 million medical students from 131 countries, acknowledges the importance of health literacy in driving social change. Today, the Pandemic is accompanied by a global epidemic of misinformation,… read more here.
Keywords: misinformation; fact checking; social media; medical students ... See more keywords
A Web-Survey Exploration of COVID-19 Knowledge, Misinformation and Sources of Information During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Nigeria
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2021.12.273
Abstract: Purpose Due to the novel and rapidly evolving nature of the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a widespread perpetuation of myths, rumours, and conspiracy theories about the pandemic. This has led to the emergence of… read more here.
Keywords: misinformation; survey; information; covid knowledge ... See more keywords
Retrieval-Enhanced Suggestibility: A Retrospective and a New Investigation
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jarmac.2017.07.003
Abstract: Eyewitnesses are often repeatedly interviewed about the same crime, and they might be exposed to misleading information between these interviews. Taking a memory test before being exposed to misinformation can ironically increase the likelihood that… read more here.
Keywords: retrieval enhanced; misinformation; enhanced suggestibility; test ... See more keywords
Do False Allegations Persist? Retracted Misinformation Does Not Continue to Influence Explicit Person Impressions
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jarmac.2020.08.003
Abstract: Corrected misinformation often continues to influence reasoning; this is known as the continued-influence effect (CIE). It is unclear whether this effect also occurs in impression formation, with some arguing that person impressions are readily updated.… read more here.
Keywords: person; allegations persist; influence; misinformation ... See more keywords
The unintentional spread of misinformation on 'TikTok'; A paediatric urological perspective.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jpurol.2022.03.001
Abstract: INTRODUCTION 'TikTok' is a social media application based on the publication of short videos that has accumulated over 1.1 billion users worldwide since its launch in 2016. With the use of 'TikTok' on the rise,… read more here.
Keywords: misinformation; tiktok; spread; information ... See more keywords