Texts were seen as less credible when Interactive Linking and Explanatory Annotations were used as compared to the Static Illustrated text approach.

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- Awareness of Misinformation
- Perceived Credibility of Text

Effects of Approaches of Presenting Text and Graphical Visualizations

Zheng, C., & Ma, X. (2022, April). Evaluating the Effect of Enhanced Text-Visualization Integration on Combating Misinformation in Data Story. In 2022 IEEE 15th Pacific Visualization Symposium (PacificVis) (pp. 141-150). IEEE.

Evaluating the Effect of Enhanced Text-Visualization Integration on Combating Misinformation in Data Story

Interactive Linking leads to higher awareness of misinformation compared to Static Illustrated Text. Generally, Interactive Linking appears to be a better approach than Explanatory Annotation, the latter of which has yielded mixed results on its effectiveness.

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