Citation

Debunking and exposing misinformation among fringe communities: Testing source exposure and debunking anti-Ukrainian misinformation among German fringe communities

Author:
Okholm, Johannes Christiern Santos; Fard, Amir Ebrahimi; Thij, Marijn ten
Publication:
Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review
Year:
2024

Through an online field experiment, we test traditional and novel counter-misinformation strategies among fringe communities. Though generally effective, traditional strategies have not been tested in fringe communities, and do not address the online infrastructure of misinformation sources supporting such consumption. Instead, we propose to activate source criticism by exposing sources’ unreliability. Based on a snowball