The result from the experiment can suggest that when an individual is simply repeatedly exposed to a piece of misinformation, the belief of the individual in that piece of information may increase. 


False Stories Exposure and Plausibility: Implication of Belief


When an individual is repeatedly exposed to the same piece of information, they may begin to believe that they had been exposed to the information earlier in their life than it actually was, misattributing their memories and the source of their information. 



False Stories Exposure and Plausibility: Implication of Misattribution


If the individual is repeatedly exposed to the same false story, the trustworthiness and plausibility of the story would increase. 


New York University

Topic of research project on visualization of information and misinformation.

Identifying Misinformation through Visualization

Polage, D. C. (2012). Making up History: False Memories of Fake News Stories. Europe’s Journal of Psychology, 8(2), 245-250. https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v8i2.456

Making up History: False Memories of Fake News Stories

Misinformation has explored numerous different visualizations and their effect on misinformation-related measures. While not all of them may be directly specifically connected to information visualization, they can provide a wealth of knowledge on the effects of visualization.

Types of Visualizations in Misinformation Research

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References for Identifying Misinformation through Visualization

While accurate data visualization is helpful, inaccurate or misleading visualizations of data related to Covid 19 can lead to people having misconceptions regarding the virus. 

Covid 19 Misinformation Visualization

While the topic of the project is directly related to the visualization of information for the purpose of studying misinformation, there exists relevant research that studies visualization to a more general extent.

Visualization Research (Not Related to Misinformation)

Research has investigated specific demographic characteristics and contexts that may make certain people/countries/communities more likely to experience misinformation related to COVID-19.

Demographics/Contexts Related to COVID-19 Misinformation

False Stories Exposure and Plausibility


Aid or other visual content that, combined with text or audio, falsely depicts a piece of information. 


Visual Misinformation


Order in which a series of information is presented. 

Information Order

Some researchers have explored tools that can be implemented to minimize the dissemination of fake news or misinformation.

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