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