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Citation

Who reports witnessing and performing corrections on social media in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, and France?

Author:
Tang, Rongwei; Vraga, Emily K.; Bode, Leticia; Boulianne, Shelley
Publication:
Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review
Year:
2024

Observed corrections of misinformation on social media can encourage more accurate beliefs, but for these benefits to occur, corrections must happen. By exploring people’s perceptions of witnessing and performing corrections on social media, we find that many people say they observe and perform corrections across the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, and France. We find higher levels of self-reported correction experiences