Doubters are more convincing than advocates. The impact of user comments and ratings on credibility perceptions of false news stories on social media

False information on social media poses a crucial threat to our society, and calls for interventions to combat this problem are becoming louder. Users themselves may have the potential to diminish the impact of misleading information. In an online experiment with a 3 x 3 between-subjects design (cre...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jan P . Kluck, Leonie Schaewitz, Nicole C . Krämer
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG 2019-12-01
Series:Studies in Communication, Media
Online Access:https://www.nomos-elibrary.de/10.5771/2192-4007-2019-4-446