Journal article
Creating News Literacy Messages to Enhance Expert Corrections of Misinformation on Twitter
Communication research, Vol.49(2), pp.245-267
03/2022
DOI: 10.1177/0093650219898094
Abstract
A number of solutions have been proposed to address concerns about misinformation online, including encouraging experts to engage in corrections of misinformation being shared and improving media literacy among the American public. This study combines these approaches to examine whether news literacy (NL) messages on social media enhance the effectiveness of expert correction of misinformation on Twitter. Two experiments suggest that expert organizations can successfully correct misinformation on social media across two controversial issues with a single tweet. However, three different NL messages did not improve the effectiveness of expert corrections. We discuss the difficulties of crafting NL messages that break through the clutter on social media and suggest guidelines for organizations attempting to address misinformation online.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Creating News Literacy Messages to Enhance Expert Corrections of Misinformation on Twitter
- Creators
- Emily K Vraga - University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USALeticia Bode - Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USAMelissa Tully - University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Communication research, Vol.49(2), pp.245-267
- DOI
- 10.1177/0093650219898094
- ISSN
- 0093-6502
- eISSN
- 1552-3810
- Grant note
- DOI: 10.13039/100008064, name: Georgetown University
- Language
- English
- Electronic publication date
- 01/30/2020
- Date published
- 03/2022
- Academic Unit
- Center for Social Science Innovation; Injury Prevention Research Center; Public Policy Center (Archive); School of Journalism and Mass Communication
- Record Identifier
- 9984066333802771
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