Framing fact-checks as a “confirmation” increases engagement with corrections of misinformation: A four-country study

Autores
Aruguete, Natalia; Batista, Flavia; Calvo, Ernesto; Guizzo Altube, Matias; Scartascini, Carlos; Ventura, Tiago
Año de publicación
2024
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inglés
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Previous research has extensively investigated why users spread misinformation online, while less attention has been given to the motivations behind sharing fact-checks. This article reports a four-country survey experiment assessing the infuence of confrmation and refutation frames on engagement with online fact-checks. Respondents randomly received semantically identical content, either afrming accurate information (“It is TRUE that p”) or refuting misinformation (“It is FALSE that not p”). Despite semantic equivalence, confrmation frames elicit higher engagement rates than refutation frames. Additionally, confrmation frames reduce self-reported negative emotions related to polarization. These fndings are crucial for designing policy interventions aiming to amplify factcheck exposure and reduce afective polarization, particularly in critical areas such as health-related misinformation and harmful speech.
Fil: Aruguete, Natalia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Quilmes. Departamento de Ciencias Sociales; Argentina
Fil: Batista, Flavia. University of Maryland; Estados Unidos
Fil: Calvo, Ernesto. University of Maryland; Estados Unidos
Fil: Guizzo Altube, Matias. Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo; Estados Unidos
Fil: Scartascini, Carlos. Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo; Estados Unidos
Fil: Ventura, Tiago. University Of Georgetown; Estados Unidos
Materia
FRAMING
FACT CHECKING
PANDEMIA-VACUNAS
CONFIRMACION REFUTACION
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Framing fact-checks as a “confirmation” increases engagement with corrections of misinformation: A four-country study
title Framing fact-checks as a “confirmation” increases engagement with corrections of misinformation: A four-country study
spellingShingle Framing fact-checks as a “confirmation” increases engagement with corrections of misinformation: A four-country study
Aruguete, Natalia
FRAMING
FACT CHECKING
PANDEMIA-VACUNAS
CONFIRMACION REFUTACION
title_short Framing fact-checks as a “confirmation” increases engagement with corrections of misinformation: A four-country study
title_full Framing fact-checks as a “confirmation” increases engagement with corrections of misinformation: A four-country study
title_fullStr Framing fact-checks as a “confirmation” increases engagement with corrections of misinformation: A four-country study
title_full_unstemmed Framing fact-checks as a “confirmation” increases engagement with corrections of misinformation: A four-country study
title_sort Framing fact-checks as a “confirmation” increases engagement with corrections of misinformation: A four-country study
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Aruguete, Natalia
Batista, Flavia
Calvo, Ernesto
Guizzo Altube, Matias
Scartascini, Carlos
Ventura, Tiago
author Aruguete, Natalia
author_facet Aruguete, Natalia
Batista, Flavia
Calvo, Ernesto
Guizzo Altube, Matias
Scartascini, Carlos
Ventura, Tiago
author_role author
author2 Batista, Flavia
Calvo, Ernesto
Guizzo Altube, Matias
Scartascini, Carlos
Ventura, Tiago
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author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv FRAMING
FACT CHECKING
PANDEMIA-VACUNAS
CONFIRMACION REFUTACION
topic FRAMING
FACT CHECKING
PANDEMIA-VACUNAS
CONFIRMACION REFUTACION
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5.8
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Previous research has extensively investigated why users spread misinformation online, while less attention has been given to the motivations behind sharing fact-checks. This article reports a four-country survey experiment assessing the infuence of confrmation and refutation frames on engagement with online fact-checks. Respondents randomly received semantically identical content, either afrming accurate information (“It is TRUE that p”) or refuting misinformation (“It is FALSE that not p”). Despite semantic equivalence, confrmation frames elicit higher engagement rates than refutation frames. Additionally, confrmation frames reduce self-reported negative emotions related to polarization. These fndings are crucial for designing policy interventions aiming to amplify factcheck exposure and reduce afective polarization, particularly in critical areas such as health-related misinformation and harmful speech.
Fil: Aruguete, Natalia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Quilmes. Departamento de Ciencias Sociales; Argentina
Fil: Batista, Flavia. University of Maryland; Estados Unidos
Fil: Calvo, Ernesto. University of Maryland; Estados Unidos
Fil: Guizzo Altube, Matias. Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo; Estados Unidos
Fil: Scartascini, Carlos. Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo; Estados Unidos
Fil: Ventura, Tiago. University Of Georgetown; Estados Unidos
description Previous research has extensively investigated why users spread misinformation online, while less attention has been given to the motivations behind sharing fact-checks. This article reports a four-country survey experiment assessing the infuence of confrmation and refutation frames on engagement with online fact-checks. Respondents randomly received semantically identical content, either afrming accurate information (“It is TRUE that p”) or refuting misinformation (“It is FALSE that not p”). Despite semantic equivalence, confrmation frames elicit higher engagement rates than refutation frames. Additionally, confrmation frames reduce self-reported negative emotions related to polarization. These fndings are crucial for designing policy interventions aiming to amplify factcheck exposure and reduce afective polarization, particularly in critical areas such as health-related misinformation and harmful speech.
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