“Negated Corrections” state a piece of information is not true, “replacement Corrections” change what was initially stated without warning, and “no corrections” does not make any changes to the statement.

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- Negated Correction
- Replacement Correction
- No Correction

Types of Corrections for Misinformation

 Druckman JN, Ognyanova K, Baum MA, et al. The role of race, religion, and partisanship in misperceptions about COVID-19. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations. 2021;24(4):638-657. doi:10.1177/1368430220985912


Negated Corrections May Increase Belief in Misinformation

Further Explanation on Negated, Replacement, and No Corrections

In the study the subjects either read a one passage or six passage paper that presented a target concept, followed by a negated correction, replacement correction, or no correction at all. An example would be that the target concept is a blue car, the negated correction would be “the car is not blue”, a replacement correction would state “the car is red” and no correction would leave the statement as is.

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