The psychological drivers of misinformation belief and its resistance to correction

UKH Ecker, S Lewandowsky, J Cook… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Misinformation has been identified as a major contributor to various contentious
contemporary events ranging from elections and referenda to the response to the COVID-19 …

[HTML][HTML] Effective correction of misinformation

T Prike, UKH Ecker - Current Opinion in Psychology, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper reviews correction effectiveness, highlighting which factors matter, which do not,
and where further research is needed. To boost effectiveness, we recommend using …

[HTML][HTML] Public sentiment analysis and topic modeling regarding COVID-19 vaccines on the Reddit social media platform: A call to action for strengthening vaccine …

CA Melton, OA Olusanya, N Ammar… - Journal of Infection and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background The COVID-19 pandemic fueled one of the most rapid vaccine developments in
history. However, misinformation spread through online social media often leads to negative …

Exploring public perceptions of the COVID-19 vaccine online from a cultural perspective: Semantic network analysis of two social media platforms in the United States …

C Luo, A Chen, B Cui, W Liao - Telematics and Informatics, 2021 - Elsevier
The development and uptake of the COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) vaccine is a top
priority in stifling the COVID-19 pandemic. How the public perceives the COVID-19 vaccine …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of COVID-19 vaccine misinformation on social media virality: content analysis of message themes and writing strategies

CSB Ngai, RG Singh, L Yao - Journal of medical Internet research, 2022 - jmir.org
Background Vaccines serve an integral role in containing pandemics, yet vaccine hesitancy
is prevalent globally. One key reason for this hesitancy is the pervasiveness of …

Reinforcement learning-based counter-misinformation response generation: a case study of COVID-19 vaccine misinformation

B He, M Ahamad, S Kumar - Proceedings of the ACM Web Conference …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
The spread of online misinformation threatens public health, democracy, and the broader
society. While professional fact-checkers form the first line of defense by fact-checking …

Unpacking multimodal fact-checking: Features and engagement of fact-checking videos on Chinese TikTok (Douyin)

Y Lu, C Shen - Social Media+ Society, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
As fact-checking videos increasingly circulate on video-sharing platforms, more research is
needed to understand the prevalent features of such videos and how they are associated …

From disinformation to fact-checking: How Ibero-American fact-checkers on Twitter combat fake news

MI Míguez-González… - Profesional …, 2023 - revista.profesionaldelainformacion …
In recent years, the disinformation phenomenon, brought about by the ease with which fake
news and hoaxes spread on social networks, has grown considerably. Twitter, especially, is …

Using structural equation modeling to predict Indian people's attitudes and intentions towards COVID-19 vaccination

HH Mir, S Parveen, NH Mullick, S Nabi - Diabetes & Metabolic Syndrome …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background and aim Understanding people's attitudes towards Covid-19 vaccination is
crucial to the successful implementation of a vaccination program. Hence this research study …

Prominent misinformation interventions reduce misperceptions but increase scepticism

E Hoes, B Aitken, J Zhang, T Gackowski… - Nature Human …, 2024 - nature.com
Current interventions to combat misinformation, including fact-checking, media literacy tips
and media coverage of misinformation, may have unintended consequences for democracy …