While many solutions have been proposed to combat misinformation on
social media, most are either ineffective, expensive, or do not work
at scale. What if social media users could help mitigate the
misinformation they're also responsible for proliferating? In
_Observed Correction_, Leticia Bode and Emily K. Vraga consider both
the power of and the barriers to "observed correction"--users
witnessing other users correct misinformation on social media. Bode
and Vraga argue that when people view others directly and publicly
correct misinformation on social media, their understanding of the
topic becomes more accurate. Yet, while many members of the public
value correction, Bode and Vraga find that they are often reluctant to
correct misinformation they see on social media. This same reluctance
to correct is seen among expert fact checkers and health
communicators, compounded by the constraints of limited resources and
competing priorities. To empower people to respond to misinformation,
Bode and Vraga offer a set of practical recommendations for how
observational correction can be implemented. In some cases, simple
messages addressing concerns can increase users' willingness to
respond to misinformation. In other cases, they argue that platforms
will need to promote corrections and protect the correctors while
experts can contribute by creating accessible curated evidence (ACE)
to facilitate user corrections and build social norms around
responding to misinformation.Including analysis of eleven experiments,
seven surveys, and dozens of interviews with social media users,
health professionals, fact checkers, and platform employees about
their efforts to curb misinformation online, Bode and Vraga make the
case that observed correction is an effective and scalable tool in the
fight against bad content on the Internet.
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How We Can All Respond to Misinformation on Social Media
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780197565926
Publisert
2025
Utgave
1. utgave
Utgiver
Oxford University Press Academic US
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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