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The ephemeral effects of fact-checks on COVID-19 misperceptions in the United States, Great Britain and Canada.
Carey, John M; Guess, Andrew M; Loewen, Peter J; Merkley, Eric; Nyhan, Brendan; Phillips, Joseph B; Reifler, Jason.
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  • Carey JM; Department of Government, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA.
  • Guess AM; Department of Politics and School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA.
  • Loewen PJ; Department of Political Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
  • Merkley E; Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
  • Nyhan B; Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
  • Phillips JB; Department of Government, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA. nyhan@dartmouth.edu.
  • Reifler J; School of Psychology, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK.
Nat Hum Behav ; 6(2): 236-243, 2022 02.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35115678
Widespread misperceptions about COVID-19 and the novel coronavirus threaten to exacerbate the severity of the pandemic. We conducted preregistered survey experiments in the United States, Great Britain and Canada examining the effectiveness of fact-checks that seek to correct these false or unsupported beliefs. Across three countries with differing levels of political conflict over the pandemic response, we demonstrate that fact-checks reduce targeted misperceptions, especially among the groups who are most vulnerable to these claims, and have minimal spillover effects on the accuracy of related beliefs. However, these reductions in COVID-19 misperception beliefs do not persist over time in panel data even after repeated exposure. These results suggest that fact-checks can successfully change the COVID-19 beliefs of the people who would benefit from them most but that their effects are ephemeral.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Percepción Social / Comunicación / Cultura / SARS-CoV-2 / COVID-19 Tipo de estudio: Qualitative_research Aspecto: Determinantes_sociais_saude Límite: Female / Humans / Male País/Región como asunto: America do norte / Europa Idioma: En Revista: Nat Hum Behav Año: 2022 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Estados Unidos Pais de publicación: Reino Unido
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Percepción Social / Comunicación / Cultura / SARS-CoV-2 / COVID-19 Tipo de estudio: Qualitative_research Aspecto: Determinantes_sociais_saude Límite: Female / Humans / Male País/Región como asunto: America do norte / Europa Idioma: En Revista: Nat Hum Behav Año: 2022 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Estados Unidos Pais de publicación: Reino Unido