Journal of Information Technology & Politics,
Год журнала:
2023,
Номер
unknown, С. 1 - 16
Опубликована: Июнь 22, 2023
The
use
of
warning
labels
on
political
advertisements
is
one
way
to
help
citizens
better
evaluate
the
source
and
veracity
messaging,
combat
harms
misinformation
social
media.
Reliance
labeling
part
a
larger
policy
push
for
greater
transparency
media
platforms
with
respect
quality
information.
In
this
study,
we
test
effectiveness
"traffic
light"
(red,
orange,
green)
as
indicia
YouTube.
an
online
experiment
(N=1,054),
seven
variations
TL-veracity
find
that
red
orange
traffic
light
placed
concurrently
start
advertisement
significantly
affect
credibility
perceptions.
Taken
together,
findings
suggest
direct-to-consumer
can
be
effective
inputs
perceptions,
but
their
depends
timing
position.
European Psychologist,
Год журнала:
2023,
Номер
28(3), С. 189 - 205
Опубликована: Июль 1, 2023
Abstract:
Developing
effective
interventions
to
counter
misinformation
is
an
urgent
goal,
but
it
also
presents
conceptual,
empirical,
and
practical
difficulties,
compounded
by
the
fact
that
research
in
its
infancy.
This
paper
provides
researchers
policymakers
with
overview
of
which
individual-level
are
likely
influence
spread
of,
susceptibility
to,
or
impact
misinformation.
We
review
evidence
for
effectiveness
four
categories
interventions:
boosting
(psychological
inoculation,
critical
thinking,
media
information
literacy);
nudging
(accuracy
primes
social
norms
nudges);
debunking
(fact-checking);
automated
content
labeling.
In
each
area,
we
assess
empirical
evidence,
key
gaps
knowledge,
considerations.
conclude
a
series
recommendations
tech
companies
ensure
comprehensive
approach
tackling
Low
uptake
of
the
COVID-19
vaccine
in
US
has
been
widely
attributed
to
social
media
misinformation.
To
evaluate
this
claim,
we
introduce
a
framework
combining
lab
experiments
(total
N
=
18,725),
crowdsourcing,
and
machine
learning
estimate
causal
effect
13,206
vaccine-related
URLs
on
vaccination
intentions
Facebook
users
(
≈
233
million).
We
that
impact
unflagged
content
nonetheless
encouraged
skepticism
was
46-fold
greater
than
misinformation
flagged
by
fact-checkers.
Although
reduced
predicted
significantly
more
when
viewed,
users’
exposure
limited.
In
contrast,
stories
highlighting
rare
deaths
after
were
among
Facebook’s
most-viewed
stories.
Our
work
emphasizes
need
scrutinize
factually
accurate
but
potentially
misleading
addition
outright
falsehoods.
Nature Human Behaviour,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
8(8), С. 1545 - 1553
Опубликована: Июнь 10, 2024
Current
interventions
to
combat
misinformation,
including
fact-checking,
media
literacy
tips
and
coverage
of
may
have
unintended
consequences
for
democracy.
We
propose
that
these
increase
scepticism
towards
all
information,
accurate
information.
Across
three
online
survey
experiments
in
diverse
countries
(the
United
States,
Poland
Hong
Kong;
total
n
=
6,127),
we
tested
the
negative
spillover
effects
existing
strategies
compared
them
with
alternative
against
misinformation.
examined
how
exposure
misinformation
affects
individuals'
perception
both
factual
false
as
well
their
trust
key
democratic
institutions.
Our
results
show
while
successfully
reduce
belief
they
also
negatively
impact
credibility
This
highlights
need
further
improved
minimize
harms
maximize
benefits
Journal of Media Psychology Theories Methods and Applications,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
36(6), С. 397 - 409
Опубликована: Янв. 23, 2024
Abstract:
There
has
been
substantial
scholarly
effort
to
(a)
investigate
the
psychological
underpinnings
of
why
individuals
believe
in
misinformation,
and
(b)
develop
interventions
that
hamper
their
acceptance
spread.
However,
there
is
a
lack
systematic
integration
these
two
research
lines.
We
conducted
scoping
review
empirically
tested
(N
=
176)
counteract
misinformation.
developed
an
intervention
map
analyzed
boosting,
inoculation,
identity
management,
nudging,
fact-checking
as
well
various
subdimensions.
further
examined
how
are
theoretically
derived
from
most
prominent
accounts
for
misinformation
susceptibility:
classical
motivated
reasoning.
find
majority
studies
interventions,
poorly
linked
basic
theory
not
geared
towards
reducing
Based
on
this,
we
outline
future
avenues
effective
countermeasures
against
ACM Computing Surveys,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
56(11), С. 1 - 36
Опубликована: Июнь 25, 2024
Misinformation
is
one
of
the
key
challenges
facing
society
today.
User-centered
misinformation
interventions
as
digital
countermeasures
that
exert
a
direct
influence
on
users
represent
promising
means
to
deal
with
large
amounts
information
available.
While
an
extensive
body
research
this
topic
exists,
researchers
are
confronted
diverse
landscape
spanning
multiple
disciplines.
This
review
systematizes
user-centered
facilitate
knowledge
transfer,
identify
trends,
and
enable
informed
decision-making.
Over
6,000
scholarly
publications
were
screened,
systematic
literature
(
N=172
)
was
conducted.
A
taxonomy
derived
regarding
intervention
design
(e.g.,
labels,
showing
indicators
misinformation,
corrections,
removal,
or
visibility
reduction
content),
user
interaction
(active
passive),
timing
pre
post
exposure
request
user).
We
provide
structured
overview
approaches
across
disciplines
derive
six
overarching
for
future
transferability
(1)
novel
platforms
(2)
emerging
video-
image-based
sensible
combination
automated
mechanisms
(3)
human
experts
(4)
feedback
comprehensibility,
(5)
encouraging
media
literacy
without
exposure,
(6)
adequately
addressing
particularly
vulnerable
such
older
people
adolescents.
Journal of Quantitative Description Digital Media,
Год журнала:
2022,
Номер
2
Опубликована: Авг. 26, 2022
How
did
the
2020
coronavirus
pandemic
affect
people's
online
news
consumption?
To
understand
this,
we
present
a
comparative
analysis
of
data
on
an
estimated
905B
desktop
and
mobile
visits
to
outlets,
54B
Facebook
engagements,
generated
by
outlets
in
US,
UK,
France,
Germany
between
2017
2021.
We
find
that
consumption
increased.
Trustworthy
benefited
most
from
increase
web
traffic.
In
UK
trustworthy
also
engagement,
but
other
countries
both
untrustworthy
engagement.
Overall,
captured
2.3%
traffic
14.0%
while
regularly
publishing
false
content
accounted
for
1.4%
6.8%
People
largely
turned
during
pandemic.
The
spread
of
misinformation
through
media
and
social
networks
threatens
many
aspects
society,
including
public
health
the
state
democracies.
One
approach
to
mitigating
impact
focuses
on
individual-level
interventions,
equipping
policy-makers
with
essential
tools
curb
influence
falsehoods.
Here
we
introduce
a
toolbox
individual-focused
interventions
aimed
at
reducing
harm
from
online
misinformation.
Comprising
an
up-to-date
account
featured
in
81
scientific
papers
across
globe,
is
resource
for
scientists,
policymakers,
public.
It
provides
both
conceptual
overview
breadth
interventions---including
their
target,
scope,
examples---and
summary
empirical
evidence
supporting
methods
experimental
paradigms
used
test
them.
covers
nine
categories
interventions:
accuracy
prompts,
debunking
rebuttals,
friction,
inoculation,
lateral
reading
verification
strategies,
media-literacy
tips,
norms,
source-credibility
labels,
warning
fact-checking
labels.
