Framing fact-checks as a “confirmation” increases engagement with corrections of misinformation: a four-country study

Abstract Previous research has extensively investigated why users spread misinformation online, while less attention has been given to the motivations behind sharing fact-checks. This article reports a four-country survey experiment assessing the influence of confirmation and refutation frames on en...

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Published in:Scientific Reports
Main Authors: Natalia Aruguete, Flavia Batista, Ernesto Calvo, Matias Guizzo-Altube, Carlos Scartascini, Tiago Ventura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-02-01
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-53337-0