In Observed Correction, Leticia Bode and Emily K. Vraga consider both the power of and the barriers to "observed correction"--users witnessing other users correct misinformation on social media. Bode and Vraga argue that when people view others directly and publicly correcting misinformation on social media, their understanding of the topic becomes more accurate. Drawing on experiments, surveys, and interviews with social media users, health professionals, fact checkers, and platform employees, Bode and Vraga offer a set of practical recommendations for how observational correction can be implemented.…mehr
In Observed Correction, Leticia Bode and Emily K. Vraga consider both the power of and the barriers to "observed correction"--users witnessing other users correct misinformation on social media. Bode and Vraga argue that when people view others directly and publicly correcting misinformation on social media, their understanding of the topic becomes more accurate. Drawing on experiments, surveys, and interviews with social media users, health professionals, fact checkers, and platform employees, Bode and Vraga offer a set of practical recommendations for how observational correction can be implemented.
Leticia Bode is a Professor in the Communication, Culture, and Technology program at Georgetown University, and the inaugural Research Director of the Knight-Georgetown Institute. She researches the intersection of communication, technology, attitudes, and behavior, emphasizing the role communication technologies may play in the acquisition, use, effects, and implications of both information and misinformation. Emily K. Vraga is the Don and Carole Larson Professor in Health Communication at the University of Minnesota's Hubbard School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Her research tests methods to identify and correct misinformation on social media, to improve audience resiliency through news literacy training, and to encourage attention to more diverse content.
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Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: The Theory of Observed Correction Chapter 3: Observed Correction Increases Accuracy Chapter 4: Correction Recall Chapter 5: Perception of Correction Chapter 6: Conflicted Correctors Chapter 7: Motivating Correction Chapter 8: Constrained Experts Chapter 9: Accessible Curated Evidence Chapter 10: Conclusions Notes References Index
