Research Identifies Factors That Make Correcting Misinformation About Science More Successful | The Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania
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On average, correcting misinformation in science did not succeed but a meta-analysis identifies factors that make them more successful.

tl;dr:

Although on average the corrections failed to accomplish their objectives, they worked better when the issue in the correction was emotionally more positive than the misinformation, the correction matched the ideology of the recipients, the issue was not politically polarized, and the correction provided abundant details as to why the earlier claims were false.

  • TroyOPMEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Did you get hit by a paywall or block that I didn’t get hit with? Why do you need a proxy? Oh you mean the nature article itself. I should have been better at finding a source. Sorry.

    • ekZenoEnglish
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      2 years ago

      No problem. The article is just locked here in Europe, by using the proxy I was able to read it 👌.