Shifting attention to accuracy can reduce misinformation online

Gordon Pennycook; Ziv Epstein; Mohsen Mosleh; Antonio A. Arechar; Dean Eckles; David G. Rand

doi:10.1038/s41586-021-03344-2

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MisinformationInternet privacySocial mediaSalience (neuroscience)Computer scienceUnintended consequencesPsychologySocial psychologyAdvertisingPolitical scienceCognitive psychologyComputer securityBusinessWorld Wide Web

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Year: 2021
Type: article
Volume: 592
Issue: 7855
Pages: 590-595
Citations: 973
Access: Closed

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                                    Gordon Pennycook, 
                                
                                    Ziv Epstein, 
                                
                                    Mohsen Mosleh
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2021). 
                            Shifting attention to accuracy can reduce misinformation online. 
                            Nature
                            , 592
                            (7855)
                            , 590-595.
                            https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03344-2
                        

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DOI: 10.1038/s41586-021-03344-2