Attention, social networks: don’t just say a claim is false, but back it up with a journalistic fact check that provides more information – say researchers.
about the spread of the virus, the efficacy of vaccines and other treatments, and more, that puts public health at risk. The misinformation also tends to overpower factual content and encourage people to take measures that are “ineffective at best, and harmful at worst.”
The fact checks used by media outlets have been generally used to gauge the accuracy of claims by political candidates. The research published inis one of the first projects to examine them in the context of the pandemic. For example, former President Donald Trump had posited that the United States had tested more for Covid-19 than every country combined. When the researchers looked at participants’ perception of the claim’s accuracy, if it was tagged simply as false, the tag had no effect – in fact, it actually increased their likelihood of sharing it on social media.
According to the researchers, “False tags had little effect on subjects’ accuracy assessments and social media sharing. Journalistic fact checks that offer accurate information to counter misinformation were more effective in reducing both misperceptions and sharing on social media.”
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