Correcting Misperceptions About Genetically Modified Food on Social Media: Examining the Impact of Experts

 Bode, L., Vraga, E. K., & Tully, M. (2021). Correcting Misperceptions About Genetically Modified Food on Social Media: Examining the Impact of Experts, Social Media Heuristics, and the Gateway Belief Model. Science Communication, 43(2), 225–251. https://doi.org/10.1177/1075547020981375 Current research suggests that expert organizations can be effective in reducing misperceptions when they respond to health and scientific […]

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Do the right thing: Tone may not affect correction of misinformation on social media

Bode, L., Vraga, E. K., & Tully, M. (2020). Do the right thing: Tone may not affect correction of misinformation on social media. Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) Misinformation Review. https://doi.org/10.37016/mr-2020-026 In this article, we aim to examine whether  the tone of a correction of misinformation on social media affects misperceptions about the content of the

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Mobilizing Users: Does Exposure to Misinformation and Its Correction Affect Users’ Responses to a Health Misinformation Post?

Tully, M., Bode, L., & Vraga, E. K. (2020). Mobilizing Users: Does Exposure to Misinformation and Its Correction Affect Users’ Responses to a Health Misinformation Post? Social Media + Society, 6(4). https://doi.org/10.1177/2056305120978377 Research shows that misinformation can spread quicker when users “like”, “share” or “reply” to them and observational correction is a promising strategy for

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Testing the effectiveness of correction placement and type on Instagram

Vraga, E. K., Kim, S. C., Cook, J., & Bode, L. (2020). Testing the Effectiveness of Correction Placement and Type on Instagram. The International Journal of Press/Politics, 25(4), 632–652. https://doi.org/10.1177/1940161220919082 This study aims to understand how Observational Correction occurs on visual platforms like Instagram. To account for its unique features, our corrections are humorous in nature and

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Understanding high-and low-quality URL Sharing on COVID-19 Twitter streams

Singh, L., Bode, L., Budak, C., Kawintiranon, K., Padden, C., & Vraga, E. (2020). Understanding high-and low-quality URL Sharing on COVID-19 Twitter streams. Journal of computational social science, 3(2), 343-366. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42001-020-00093-6 /*! elementor – v3.12.1 – 02-04-2023 */ .elementor-column .elementor-spacer-inner{height:var(–spacer-size)}.e-con{–container-widget-width:100%}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer{width:var(–container-widget-width,var(–spacer-size));–align-self:var(–container-widget-align-self,initial);–flex-shrink:0}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container,.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer{height:100%}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer>.elementor-spacer-inner,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer>.elementor-spacer-inner{height:var(–container-widget-height,var(–spacer-size))} This article investigates the information sources (URLS or webpages)  being shared on Twitter when users

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The Debunking Handbook 2020: A consensus-based handbook of recommendations for correcting or preventing misinformation

Lewandowsky, S., Cook, J., Ecker, U. K. H., Albarracín, D., Amazeen, M. A., Kendeou, P., Lombardi, D., Newman, E. J., Pennycook, G., Porter, E. Rand, D. G., Rapp, D. N., Reifler, J., Roozenbeek, J., Schmid, P., Seifert, C. M., Sinatra, G. M., Swire-Thompson, B., van der Linden, S., Vraga, E. K., Wood, T. J., Zaragoza,

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The COVID-19 vaccine communication handbook. A practical guide for improving vaccine communication and fighting misinformation

Lewandowsky, S., Cook, J., Schmid, P., Holford, D. L., Finn, A., Leask, J., … & Vraga, E. K. (2021). The COVID-19 vaccine communication handbook. A practical guide for improving vaccine communication and fighting misinformation.

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