misinformation

Misinformation Exposure Beyond Traditional Feeds: Evidence from a WhatsApp Deactivation Experiment in Brazil

n most advanced democracies, concerns about the spread of misinformation are typically associated with feed-based social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook. These platforms also account for the vast majority of research on the topic. However, …

Survey Professionalism: New Evidence from Web Browsing Data

Online panels have become an important resource for research in political science, but the financial compensation involved incentivizes respondents to become survey professionals, which raises concerns about data quality. We provide evidence on …

Framing fact-checks as a “confirmation” increases engagement with corrections of misinformation: a four-country study

Previous research has extensively investigated why users spread misinformation online, while less attention has been given to the motivations behind sharing fact-checks. This article reports a four-country survey experiment assessing the influence of …

The Effects of Sustained Exposure to Fact-checking Information: Evidence from a Field Experiment on Twitter

Social media companies and civic society rely heavily on fact-checking to counter misinformation. While numerous studies have shown the efficacy of single-shot corrective interventions, the effects of sustained exposure to fact-checking information …

Truth be told: Cognitive moderators of selective sharing of fact-checks on social media

When do users share fact-checks on social media? We describe a survey experiment conducted during the 2019 election in Argentina measuring the propensity of voters to share corrections to political misinformation that randomly confirm or challenge …