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Developing an accuracy-prompt toolkit to reduce COVID-19 misinformation online

Ziv Epstein, Adam J. Berinsky, Rocky Cole, Andrew Gully, Gordon Pennycook, and David G. Rand (2021). HKS Misinformation Review. 2(3). p. 1-12. https://doi.org/10.37016/mr-2020-71.

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PostedApril 26, 2021
AuthorAntonio Alonso Arechar
Tags2021, Accuracy Prompts, Misinformation

Don’t get it or don’t spread it: comparing self-interested versus prosocial motivations for COVID-19 prevention behaviors

Jillian J. Jordan, Erez Yoeli, and David G. Rand (2021). Scientific Reports. 11: 20222.

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PostedApril 26, 2021
AuthorAntonio Alonso Arechar
Tags2021, Cooperation

Field Experiments on Social Media

Mohsen Mosleh, Gordon Pennycook, and David G. Rand (2021). Current Directions in Psychological Science. 31(1). https://doi.org/10.1177/09637214211054761.

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PostedApril 26, 2021
AuthorAntonio Alonso Arechar
Tags2021, `Review articles, Field experiments, Social networks

A Practical Guide to Doing Behavioral Research on Fake News and Misinformation

Gordon Pennycook, Jabin Binnendyk, Christie Newton, and David G. Rand (2021). Collabra: Psychology. 7 (1): 25293.

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PostedApril 25, 2021
AuthorAntonio Alonso Arechar
Tags2021, Misinformation

Beliefs About COVID-19 in Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States: A Novel Test of Political Polarization and Motivated Reasoning

Gordon Pennycook, Jonathon McPhetres, Bence Bago, and David G. Rand (2021). Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 48 (5). https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672211023652

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PostedApril 22, 2021
AuthorAntonio Alonso Arechar
Tags2021, Politics, Motivated Reasoning, Intuition

Elite party cues increase vaccination intentions among Republicans

Sophia L. Pink, James Chu, James N. Druckman, David G. Rand, and Robb Willer (2021). PNAS. 118 (32) e2106559118; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2106559118

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PostedApril 22, 2021
AuthorAntonio Alonso Arechar
Tags2021, Politics, Elite cues

Digital literacy is associated with more discerning accuracy judgments but not sharing intentions

Nathaniel Sirlin, Ziv Epstein, Antonio A. Arechar, and David G. Rand (2021). HKS Misinformation Review. 2(6). p. 1-12. https://doi.org/10.37016/mr-2020-83.

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PostedApril 21, 2021
AuthorAntonio Alonso Arechar
Tags2021, Misinformation

The (minimal) persuasive advantage of political video over text

Chloe Wittenberg, Ben M. Tappin, Adam J. Berinsky, and David G. Rand (2021). PNAS. 118 (47) e2114388118; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2114388118

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PostedApril 21, 2021
AuthorAntonio Alonso Arechar
Tags2021, Politics

Happiness and surprise are associated with worse truth discernment of COVID-19 headlines among social media users in Nigeria

Leah R. Rosenzweig, Bence Bago, Adam J. Berinsky, and David G. Rand (2021). HKS Misinformation Review. 2(4). p. 1-37. https://doi.org/10.37016/mr-2020-75.

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PostedApril 20, 2021
AuthorAntonio Alonso Arechar
Tags2021, Misinformation, Intuition

Turking in the time of COVID

Antonio A. Arechar, and David G. Rand (2021). Behavior Research Methods. 53. p. 2591–2595

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PostedApril 17, 2021
AuthorAntonio Alonso Arechar
Tags2021

Exploring Lightweight Interventions at Posting Time to Reduce the Sharing of Misinformation on Social Media

Farnaz Jahanbakhsh, Amy X. Zhang, Adam J. Berinsky, Gordon Pennycook, David G. Rand, and David R. Karger (2021). Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction. 5(CSCW). Article 18. p 1–42.

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PostedApril 16, 2021
AuthorAntonio Alonso Arechar
Tags2021, Accuracy Prompts, Misinformation

Character Deprecation in Fake News: Is it in Supply or Demand?

Jonathon McPhetres, David Rand, and Gordon Pennycook (2021). Group Processes & Intergroup Relations. 24(4). p. 624-637.

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PostedApril 16, 2021
AuthorAntonio Alonso Arechar
Tags2021, Misinformation

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

Mohsen Mosleh, Cameron Martel, Dean Eckles, and David G. Rand (2021). CHI’21. Article 182.

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PostedApril 15, 2021
AuthorAntonio Alonso Arechar
TagsField experiments, 2021, Social networks, Misinformation, Fact-Checking

Timing Matters When Correcting Fake News

Nadia M. Brashier, Gordon Pennycook, Adam J. Berinsky, and David G. Rand (2021). PNAS. 118 (5) e2020043118; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2020043118

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PostedApril 12, 2021
AuthorAntonio Alonso Arechar
Tags2021, Misinformation, Fact-Checking

Practice What You Preach: Credibility-Enhancing Displays and the Growth of Open Science

Gordon Kraft-Todd and David G. Rand (2021). Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. 164, p. 1-10.

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PostedApril 11, 2021
AuthorAntonio Alonso Arechar
Tags2021, Cooperation

You’re definitely wrong, maybe: Correction style has minimal effect on corrections of misinformation online

Cameron Martel, Mohsen Mosleh, and David G. Rand (2021). Media and Communication. 9(1).

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PostedApril 10, 2021
AuthorAntonio Alonso Arechar
Tags2021, Misinformation, Fact-Checking

Cognitive reflection correlates with behavior on Twitter

Mohsen Mosleh, Gordon Pennycook, Antonio A. Arechar, and David Rand (2021). Nature Communications. 12(921) doi:10.1038/s41467-020-20043-0

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PostedApril 9, 2021
AuthorAntonio Alonso Arechar
TagsIntuition, Social networks, 2021, Misinformation

Shared Partisanship Dramatically Increases Social Tie Formation in a Twitter Field Experiment

Mohsen Mosleh, Cameron Martel, and David G. Rand (2021). PNAS. 118 (7) e2022761118; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2022761118

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PostedApril 7, 2021
AuthorAntonio Alonso Arechar
TagsPolitics, 2021, Field experiments, Social networks

Shifting attention to accuracy can reduce misinformation online

Gordon Pennycook, Ziv Epstein, Mohsen Mosleh, Antonio A. Arechar, Dean Eckles, and David G. Rand (2021). Nature. doi:10.1038/s41586-021-03344-2

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PostedApril 6, 2021
AuthorAntonio Alonso Arechar
TagsField experiments, 2021, Social networks, Accuracy Prompts, Misinformation

Examining false beliefs about voter fraud in the wake of the 2020 Presidential Election

Gordon Pennycook and David G. Rand (2021). HKS Misinformation Review. doi:10.37016/mr-2020-51

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PostedApril 5, 2021
AuthorAntonio Alonso Arechar
TagsPolitics, 2021, Misinformation
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