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Medientyp:
E-Artikel
Titel:
Towards psychological herd immunity: Cross-cultural evidence for two prebunking interventions against COVID-19 misinformation
Beteiligte:
Basol, Melisa;
Roozenbeek, Jon;
Berriche, Manon;
Uenal, Fatih;
McClanahan, William P.;
Linden, Sander van der
Erschienen:
SAGE Publications, 2021
Erschienen in:
Big Data & Society, 8 (2021) 1, Seite 205395172110138
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.1177/20539517211013868
ISSN:
2053-9517
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Beschreibung:
<jats:p>Misinformation about the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is a pressing societal challenge. Across two studies, one preregistered ( n<jats:sub>1</jats:sub> = 1771 and n<jats:sub>2</jats:sub> = 1777), we assess the efficacy of two ‘prebunking’ interventions aimed at improving people’s ability to spot manipulation techniques commonly used in COVID-19 misinformation across three different languages (English, French and German). We find that Go Viral!, a novel five-minute browser game, (a) increases the perceived manipulativeness of misinformation about COVID-19, (b) improves people’s attitudinal certainty (confidence) in their ability to spot misinformation and (c) reduces self-reported willingness to share misinformation with others. The first two effects remain significant for at least one week after gameplay. We also find that reading real-world infographics from UNESCO improves people’s ability and confidence in spotting COVID-19 misinformation (albeit with descriptively smaller effect sizes than the game). Limitations and implications for fake news interventions are discussed.</jats:p>