Spread of misinformation on social media: What contributes to it and how to combat it

S Chen, L **ao, A Kumar - Computers in Human Behavior, 2023 - Elsevier
With the prevalence and increasing impact of misinformation on social media, numerous
studies have explored the characteristics of misinformation. However, we lack a holistic …

Fake news on the internet: a literature review, synthesis and directions for future research

Y Wu, EWT Ngai, P Wu, C Wu - Internet Research, 2022 - emerald.com
Purpose The extensive distribution of fake news on the internet (FNI) has significantly
affected many lives. Although numerous studies have recently been conducted on this topic …

Investigation of the determinants for misinformation correction effectiveness on social media during COVID-19 pandemic

Y Zhang, B Guo, Y Ding, J Liu, C Qiu, S Liu… - Information Processing & …, 2022 - Elsevier
The rapid dissemination of misinformation in social media during the COVID-19 pandemic
triggers panic and threatens the pandemic preparedness and control. Correction is a crucial …

The Earth is Flat because...: Investigating LLMs' Belief towards Misinformation via Persuasive Conversation

R Xu, BS Lin, S Yang, T Zhang, W Shi, T Zhang… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
Large Language Models (LLMs) encapsulate vast amounts of knowledge but still remain
vulnerable to external misinformation. Existing research mainly studied this susceptibility …

The effect of trust in science and media use on public belief in anthropogenic climate change: A meta-analysis

JM Bogert, J Buczny, JA Harvey… - Environmental …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT A consensus gap exists between scientific and public opinion on the existence
and causes of anthropogenic climate change (ACC). Public opinion on ACC is influenced by …

[HTML][HTML] What are they thinking? Exploring college students' mental processing and decision making about COVID-19 (mis) information on social media.

JA Greene, C Hollander-Blackmon, EA Kirk… - Journal of …, 2024 - psycnet.apa.org
More and more, people are abandoning the active pursuit of news, assuming instead that
important information will be pushed to them via their social media networks. This approach …

Navigating persuasive strategies in online health misinformation: an interview study with older adults on misinformation management

W Peng, J Meng, B Issaka - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Online health misinformation commonly includes persuasive strategies that can easily
deceive lay people. Yet, it is not well understood how individuals respond to misinformation …

People who have more science education rely less on misinformation—Even if they do not necessarily follow the health recommendations

Y Rozenblum, K Dalyot… - Journal of Research in …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Recent research has highlighted the role of science education in reducing beliefs in science‐
related misinformation and stressed its potential positive impact on decision‐making and …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding how and by whom COVID-19 misinformation is spread on social media: Coding and network analyses

Y Zhao, S Zhu, Q Wan, T Li, C Zou, H Wang… - Journal of Medical …, 2022 - jmir.org
Background During global health crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic, rapid spread of
misinformation on social media has occurred. The misinformation associated with COVID-19 …

Depth, breadth and structural virality: the influence of emotion, topic, authority and richness on misinformation spread

X Meng, C Dai, Y Zhao, Y Zhou - Library Hi Tech, 2024 - emerald.com
Purpose This study aims to investigate the mechanism of the misinformation spread based
on the elaboration likelihood model and the effects of four factors–emotion, topic, authority …