Across 16 countries, this research finds consistent cognitive and social predictors of COVID-19 misinformation susceptibility, and shows how accuracy prompts and literacy tips reduce misinformation sharing and how wisdom of crowds can identify false claims cross-culturally.
Understanding and combatting misinformation across 16 countries on six continents - Nature Human Behaviour
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-023-01641-6
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mem_somerville_kbin@kbin.social · 2 pts · 3y
They author provided a PDF token to the paper, but it wouldn't work in the top link.
Here's the author link, if it works.
If that doesn't work, here's his toot: https://mastodon.social/@Drand@techhub.social/110628591934679821
Drusas@kbin.social · 1 pts · 3y
So...all of the continents minus Antarctica?
mem_somerville_kbin@kbin.social · 1 pts · 3y
Well, I heard a talk from Antarctica recently. There aren't a ton of people there, but they seem to be opposed to misinformation, especially on climate, as far as I could tell.
kabe@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
Interesting study, particularly this part:
So belief in democracy correlates strongly with truth discernment, and yet belief in individual responsibility over government correlates negatively. I wonder where that leaves Libertarians 🤔