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Perverse Downstream Consequences of Debunking - Findings

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Perverse Downstream Consequences of Debunking - User Activity

Looked at total original tweet and retweet count
Corrections increased the number of retweets
Corrections also increased the number of original tweets, but only when user characteristics are not included
Corrections do not increase original tweets or retweets with links to the 60 websites

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Updated 2021-08-07

Contributors are:

Winnifer Chen

Who are from:

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

References

Perverse Downstream Consequences of Debunking: Being Corrected by Another User for Posting False Political News Increases Subsequent Sharing of Low Quality, Partisan, and Toxic Content in a Twitter Field Experiment

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