Skeptical of Social Sophistry: An Experiment Testing a Media Literacy Infographic on Substance-Use Misinformation.

IF 1.7 4区医学 Q3 PSYCHIATRY

Substance Use & Misuse Pub Date : 2025-07-28 DOI:10.1080/10826084.2025.2538732

Erica Weintraub Austin, Shawn Domgaard, Andrew D Sutherland, Hae Yeon Seo

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Abstract

Background: Young adults (ages 18-29) may encounter social media content that presents misinformation about substances. They may use this in their decision-making and further share this misinformation with others.

Objective: This study tests how an online media literacy intervention influences participants' perceptions of substance use misinformation.

Method: An online between-groups experiment (N = 1201) involving U.S. adults aged 18-29 tested whether an infographic could increase skepticism toward social media messages about substance use containing misinformation.

Results: The intervention significantly reduced the believability of one of the six misinformation statements tested in the study, and age differences were found in responses to misinformation.

Conclusion: That brief exposure to an intervention shows a significant effect is promising. A stronger intervention should be designed and studied that considers the cognitive development of young adults.

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对社会诡辩的怀疑：一个关于物质-使用错误信息的媒介素养信息图的实验测试。

背景：年轻人（18-29岁）可能会遇到有关物质的错误信息的社交媒体内容。他们可能会在决策中使用这些信息，并进一步与他人分享这些错误信息。目的：本研究检验网络媒体素养干预如何影响被试对物质使用错误信息的认知。方法：一项涉及18-29岁美国成年人的在线组间实验（N = 1201）测试了信息图表是否会增加人们对含有错误信息的物质使用社交媒体信息的怀疑。结果：干预显著降低了研究中测试的六个错误信息陈述之一的可信度，并且发现对错误信息的反应存在年龄差异。结论：短暂接触干预显示出显著的效果是有希望的。应该设计和研究更强有力的干预措施，考虑到年轻人的认知发展。

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Substance Use & Misuse 医学-精神病学

CiteScore

3.20

自引率

5.00%

发文量

200

审稿时长

3 months

期刊介绍： For over 50 years, Substance Use & Misuse (formerly The International Journal of the Addictions) has provided a unique international multidisciplinary venue for the exchange of original research, theories, policy analyses, and unresolved issues concerning substance use and misuse (licit and illicit drugs, alcohol, nicotine, and eating disorders). Guest editors for special issues devoted to single topics of current concern are invited. Topics covered include: Clinical trials and clinical research (treatment and prevention of substance misuse and related infectious diseases) Epidemiology of substance misuse and related infectious diseases Social pharmacology Meta-analyses and systematic reviews Translation of scientific findings to real world clinical and other settings Adolescent and student-focused research State of the art quantitative and qualitative research Policy analyses Negative results and intervention failures that are instructive Validity studies of instruments, scales, and tests that are generalizable Critiques and essays on unresolved issues Authors can choose to publish gold open access in this journal.