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Nudge Effect of Fact-Check Alerts: Source Influence and Media Skepticism on Sharing of News Misinformation in Social Media Methods

2 x 2 experiment was used (nudge: fact-check alert vs no fact-check alert; source: mainstream news source vs non-mainstream news source)
1,100 responses were collected
participants took a pre-questionaire answering questions about involvement in news issues, news sharing experience, and skepticism of media
participants were randomly assigned to a news source (mainstream or not) that showed the same news article
half of the participants in each group were then also randomly given a fact-check alert
a post-questionaire was then used to ask participants how likely they were to share the news article

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Updated 2021-06-16

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