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Inoculation and accuracy prompting increase accuracy discernment in combination but not alone

Gordon Pennycook, Adam J. Berinsky, Puneet Bhargava, Hause Lin, Rocky Cole, Beth Goldberg, Stephan Lewandowsky, & David G. Rand (2024). Nature Human Behaviour. 8, pages2330–2341.

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PostedJuly 4, 2024
AuthorAntonio Alonso Arechar
TagsMisinformation, 2024, Accuracy Prompts

Accuracy prompts protect professional content moderators from the illusory truth effect

Hause Lin, Marlyn Thomas Savio, Xieyining Huang, Miriah Steiger, Rachel L Guevara, Dali Szostak, Gordon Pennycook, and David G Rand (2024). PNAS Nexus, 3(11), pgae481.

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PostedJuly 3, 2024
AuthorAntonio Alonso Arechar
TagsPolitics, 2024, Misinformation, Accuracy Prompts

On the Efficacy of Accuracy Prompts Across Partisan Lines: An Adversarial Collaboration

Cameron Martel et al. (2024). Psychological science, 35(4), 435-450.

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PostedJuly 1, 2024
AuthorAntonio Alonso Arechar
Tags2024, Politics, Misinformation, Accuracy Prompts

Understanding and combatting misinformation across 16 countries on six continents

Antonio A. Arechar, Jennifer Allen, Adam J. Berinsky, Rocky Cole, Ziv Epstein, Kiran Garimella, Andrew Gully, Jackson G. Lu, Robert M. Ross, Michael N. Stagnaro, Yunhao Zhang, Gordon Pennycook, and David G. Rand (2023). Nature Human Behaviour. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-023-01641-6

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PostedSeptember 12, 2023
AuthorAntonio Alonso Arechar
Tags2023, Misinformation, Accuracy Prompts

A synthesis of evidence for policy from behavioural science during COVID-19

Kai Ruggeri et al. (2023). Nature 625, no. 7993 (2024): 134-147.

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PostedSeptember 12, 2023
AuthorAntonio Alonso Arechar
Tags2023, Accuracy Prompts

The social media context interferes with truth discernment

Ziv Epstein, Nathaniel Sirlin, Antonio A. Arechar, Gordon Pennycook, and David G. Rand (2023). Science Advances. 9(9). https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abo6169.

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PostedJanuary 5, 2023
AuthorAntonio Alonso Arechar
Tags2023, Accuracy Prompts, Misinformation, Social networks

Examining accuracy-prompt efficacy in combination with using colored borders to differentiate news and social content online

Venya Bhardwaj, Cameron Martel, and David G. Rand (2023). HKS Misinformation Review. 4(1). p. 1-47. https://doi.org/10.37016/mr-2020-113.

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PostedJanuary 3, 2023
AuthorAntonio Alonso Arechar
Tags2023, Accuracy Prompts, Misinformation

Thinking more or thinking differently? Using drift-diffusion modeling to illuminate why accuracy prompts decrease misinformation sharing

Hause Lin, Gordon Pennycook, and David G. Rand (2023). Cognition. 230, 105312. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2022.105312

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PostedJanuary 2, 2023
AuthorAntonio Alonso Arechar
Tags2023, Accuracy Prompts, Misinformation

Accuracy prompts are a replicable and generalizable approach for reducing the spread of misinformation

Gordon Pennycook, and David G. Rand (2022). Nature Communications. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30073-5

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PostedNovember 1, 2022
AuthorAntonio Alonso Arechar
Tags2022, Accuracy Prompts, Misinformation

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

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

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

Fighting COVID-19 misinformation on social media: Experimental evidence for a scalable accuracy nudge intervention

Gordon Pennycook, Jonathon McPhetres, Yunhao Zhang, and David G. Rand (2020). Psychological Science. doi:10.1177/0956797620939054

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PostedMarch 25, 2020
AuthorAntonio Alonso Arechar
Tags2020, Intuition, Misinformation, Accuracy Prompts

Featured Articles

Durably reducing conspiracy beliefs through dialogues with AI


Thomas H. Costello, Gordon Pennycook, and David G. Rand (2024). Science

Quantifying the impact of misinformation and vaccine-skeptical content on Facebook


Jennifer Allen, Duncan Watts, and David G. Rand (2024). Science

Shifting attention to accuracy can reduce misinformation online


Gordon Pennycook, Ziv Epstein, Mohsen Mosleh, Antonio A. Arechar, Dean Eckles, and David Rand (2021). Nature

Scaling up fact-checking using the wisdom of crowds


Jennifer Allen, Antonio A. Arechar, Gordon Pennycook, and David Rand (2021). Science Advances

Fighting misinformation on social media using crowdsourced judgments of news source quality


Gordon Pennycook and David Rand (2019). PNAS

 

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