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ERIC Number: EJ1301855
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021
Pages: 10
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ISSN: ISSN-0888-4080
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Tactics for Increasing Resistance to Misinformation
Bailey, Natasha A.; Olaguez, Alma P.; Klemfuss, Jessica Zoe; Loftus, Elizabeth F.
Applied Cognitive Psychology, v35 n4 p863-872 Jul-Aug 2021
This study was the first to test both the independent and additive effects of change-detection prompts and warnings about potential discrepancies between an event and post-event information on susceptibility to misinformation. Participants (N = 239) viewed a mock crime video, read a post-event narrative containing misinformation, and completed a memory test about the video content. Participants were randomly assigned to change-detection and warning conditions. Ecological validity was enhanced by describing the materials as a police training exercise and by examining effects of one versus four misinformation items (opposed to typically higher rates in experimental research). Using a novel statistical approach for this topic (GLMM), we compared across the misinformation quantities participants received. Change-detection prompts, but not a pre-warning, decreased misinformation rates, and the effect of change-detection was not enhanced by a pre-warning. Results held regardless of misinformation quantity. These findings emphasize the utility of change-detection mechanisms for increasing misinformation resistance.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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