Correcting science misinformation in an authoritarian country: An experiment from China

被引：12
作者：
Yu, Wenting [1 ]
Shen, Fei [1 ]
Min, Chen [2 ]
机构：
[1] City Univ Hong Kong, Dept Media & Commun, Run Run Shaw Creat Media Ctr, Kowloon Tong,Kowloon, Hong Kong, Peoples R China
[2] Huazhong Univ Sci & Technol, Coll Publ Adm, Wuhan, Peoples R China
来源：
TELEMATICS AND INFORMATICS | 2022年 / 66卷
关键词：
Misinformation; Correction; Science; Authoritarian; China; CLIMATE-CHANGE; SOURCE CREDIBILITY; FACT-CHECKING; INFORMATION; PARTISANSHIP; MESSAGE; NEWS; HEALTH; IMPACT; VOICE;
D O I：
10.1016/j.tele.2021.101749
中图分类号：
G25 [图书馆学、图书馆事业]; G35 [情报学、情报工作];
学科分类号：
1205 ; 120501 ;
摘要：
People rely on heuristic cues to evaluate messages. An increasing number of studies found corrective messages useful in correcting misinformation, and the correction effect varies on heuristic cues. Existing studies, however, mostly focus on correction effects in the Western context. This study aims to compare the effects of corrective messages with different heuristic cues in an authoritarian society. We focused on the cues that suggest government authoritativeness. Using an online experiment, we compared the impacts of correction sources (official vs. professional vs. layperson) and tones (formal vs. conversational) on the believability of the correction. The results indicated corrections from a government source and delivered in a formal tone were more believable in China. In addition, we examined the moderating role of attitude congruence.
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