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Background of Study Concerning Who is More Susceptible to Online Health Misinformation
Researchers figured we would be able to understand the spread of misinformation more if we knew whether certain people were more susceptible to believing the misinformation than others. Participants of this study were randomly selected and asked to evaluate the accuracy of true and false social media posts concerning Statins, Cancer, and the HPV Vaccine. After evaluating the posts, the same participants were asked a series of questions about themselves.
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Updated 2021-09-10
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