1Cademy - Exploring lightweight interventions at posting time to reduce the sharing of misinformation on social media

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Exploring lightweight interventions at posting time to reduce the sharing of misinformation on social media - Discussion

Behavioral nudges (checkbox, checklist, and responses) were helpful in reducing the sharing of false headlines compared to true headlines
Requiring these behavioral nudges can reduce the amount of misinformation circulating, especially information that has not been fact-checked or moderated by a platform yet
Possibility of Hawthorne effect affecting participants’ answers and behaviors
Further research on how people interact with the nudges vs. posts without nudges and how that helps them to determine whether the information presented is accurate or not
Study the option of nudges and whether users will take advantage of them

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Updated 2021-06-23

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