Can Fact-Checking Influence User Beliefs About Misinformation Claims: An Examination of Contingent Effects

IF 7 2区管理学 Q1 COMPUTER SCIENCE, INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Mis Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-12-01 DOI:10.25300/misq/2023/17688

Anol Bhattacherjee

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Abstract

Prior research has suggested that corrective fact-checking has inconsistent effects on beliefs about online misinformation claims. This study attempts to explain this inconsistency using three contingent factors—claim-source credibility, fact-checker credibility, and attitude strength—which respectively relate to three key parties in the fact-checking process: the source of a misleading claim, the fact-checker, and the user evaluating the fact-check. I hypothesize the interplay between these factors, which is tested using two online experiments on COVID-19-related misinformation with over 900 participants. Multilevel analysis of pretest-posttest, repeated measures data supports the hypothesized moderating effects and offers additional insights about how these effects vary between earlier versus later phases of misinformation cycles. The paper concludes with a discussion of contributions to research and practice.

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事实核查能否影响用户对错误信息声明的看法:偶然效应的检验

先前的研究表明，纠正性事实核查对人们对网络错误信息的看法有不一致的影响。本研究试图用三个偶然因素来解释这种不一致，即声明来源可信度、事实核查者可信度和态度强度，这三个因素分别与事实核查过程中的三个关键方有关:误导性声明的来源、事实核查者和评估事实核查的用户。我对这些因素之间的相互作用进行了假设，并通过两次在线实验对900多名参与者进行了与covid -19相关的错误信息进行了测试。对前测后测和重复测量数据的多水平分析支持了假设的调节效应，并提供了关于这些效应在错误信息周期的早期和后期阶段之间如何变化的额外见解。文章最后讨论了对研究和实践的贡献。

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Mis Quarterly 工程技术-计算机：信息系统

CiteScore

13.30

自引率

4.10%

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审稿时长

6-12 weeks

期刊介绍： Journal Name: MIS Quarterly Editorial Objective: The editorial objective of MIS Quarterly is focused on: Enhancing and communicating knowledge related to: Development of IT-based services Management of IT resources Use, impact, and economics of IT with managerial, organizational, and societal implications Addressing professional issues affecting the Information Systems (IS) field as a whole Key Focus Areas: Development of IT-based services Management of IT resources Use, impact, and economics of IT with managerial, organizational, and societal implications Professional issues affecting the IS field as a whole