Why Do Some People Not Challenge Misinformation on Social Media?
We need to understand and accept that the benefits of challenging misinformation online outweigh the risk of staying silent.
We need to understand and accept that the benefits of challenging misinformation online outweigh the risk of staying silent.
Current research evidence suggests that communications aimed at debunking vaccine-related misinformation should be used judiciously and sparingly.
Vaccine hesitancy is not a new phenomenon, though today it may be more likely to be exacerbated by misinformation, such as that which spreads through social media.
An early pandemic survey found that respondents’ intentions to receive COVID-19 vaccines were linked more to their media literacy and opinion of health experts than knowledge of the virus or previous vaccination behavior.
Fake science websites are learning to appear equally rigorous in order to trick their audiences into believing fringe, debunked and bogus theories.
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