Fact‐checking election‐campaign misinformation: Impacts on noncommitted voters' feelings and behavior DOI Open Access
Toby Prike, Joseph Baker, Ullrich K. H. Ecker

et al.

Political Psychology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Nov. 1, 2024

Abstract Making misleading statements may benefit a politician, for example, during an election campaign. However, there are potentially also negative consequences; political misinformation can taint democratic debate, voters be misled into forming false beliefs, and being fact‐checked damage politician's reputation. Previous research has found that correcting made by established politicians reduces topical misperceptions, but hardly affects voter feelings support. Here, we examined the impact of fact‐checking when unfamiliar. Participants ( N = 406) were engaged in simulated campaign set unfamiliar country, featuring from fictional candidates. indicated their toward candidates, cast vote, rated belief statements. Misleading not corrected positively affected voting (right‐leaning) politicians. Corrective fact‐checks had large effects, reducing misinformation, candidates viewed much less favorably attracted far fewer votes. This demonstrates absence strong pre‐existing attitudes, corrective negatively misinformation‐spreading who (yet) well known.

Language: Английский

Misinformation poses a bigger threat to democracy than you might think DOI Creative Commons
Ullrich K. H. Ecker, Jon Roozenbeek, Sander van der Linden

et al.

Nature, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 630(8015), P. 29 - 32

Published: June 5, 2024

In today's polarized political climate, researchers who combat mistruths have come under attack and been labelled as unelected arbiters of truth. But the fight against misinformation is valid, warranted urgently required.

Language: Английский

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Don’t believe them! Reducing misinformation influence through source discreditation DOI Creative Commons
Ullrich K. H. Ecker, Toby Prike,

Antonia B. Paver

et al.

Cognitive Research Principles and Implications, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 9(1)

Published: Aug. 26, 2024

Abstract Misinformation often continues to influence people’s reasoning even after it has been corrected. Therefore, an important aim of applied cognition research is identify effective measures counter misinformation. One frequently recommended but hitherto insufficiently tested strategy source discreditation, that is, attacking the credibility a misinformation source. In two experiments, we whether immediate discreditation could reduce subsequent reliance on fictional event-related Experiment 1, targeted person misinformation, pointing conflict interest. This intervention was compared with commonly employed message-focused correction and combination discreditation. The alone effective, less than correction, both most effective. 2 discreditations versus media either interest or poor track record communication. Discreditations were for types sources, although track-record when outlet person. Results demonstrate continued shaped by social as well cognitive factors broadly applicable countermeasure.

Language: Английский

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The publication facts label: A public and professional guide for research articles DOI Creative Commons
John Willinsky, Daniel Pimentel

Learned Publishing, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 37(2), P. 139 - 146

Published: Feb. 21, 2024

Key points The expansion of open access entails a responsibility for supporting this public with guide to why, in an ‘Age Misinformation’, research may be trustworthy. Such can also provide check on predatory journals, fear which unduly limiting researchers tapping into the expanding global scale activity. Journal publishing platforms offer opportunities automating gathering and presenting relevant data assessing journal adherence scholarly standards. Industry organizations, such as ORCID, Crossref, DOAJ, trust verification networks that employed further strengthen integrity.

Language: Английский

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Fact‐checking election‐campaign misinformation: Impacts on noncommitted voters' feelings and behavior DOI Open Access
Toby Prike, Joseph Baker, Ullrich K. H. Ecker

et al.

Political Psychology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Nov. 1, 2024

Abstract Making misleading statements may benefit a politician, for example, during an election campaign. However, there are potentially also negative consequences; political misinformation can taint democratic debate, voters be misled into forming false beliefs, and being fact‐checked damage politician's reputation. Previous research has found that correcting made by established politicians reduces topical misperceptions, but hardly affects voter feelings support. Here, we examined the impact of fact‐checking when unfamiliar. Participants ( N = 406) were engaged in simulated campaign set unfamiliar country, featuring from fictional candidates. indicated their toward candidates, cast vote, rated belief statements. Misleading not corrected positively affected voting (right‐leaning) politicians. Corrective fact‐checks had large effects, reducing misinformation, candidates viewed much less favorably attracted far fewer votes. This demonstrates absence strong pre‐existing attitudes, corrective negatively misinformation‐spreading who (yet) well known.

Language: Английский

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