Can shifting attention to accuracy reduce misinformation on social media? A replication and extension in China

Abstract The inattention-based theory of Pennycook et al. (2020) holds that because social media context focuses attention on factors other than accuracy the sharing of online misinformation is often unintentional. They provided evidence in the context of COVID-19 misinformation by conducting two su...

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Main Author: Zhiming Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer Nature 2025-06-01
Series:Humanities & Social Sciences Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-025-05233-9
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