Stoeckel Florian, Stöckli Sabrina, Ceka Besir, Ricchi Chiara, Lyons Ben, Reifler Jason
Department of Politics, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK.
Department of Consumer Behavior, University of Berne, Berne, Switzerland.
Commun Psychol. 2024 Feb 13;2(1):10. doi: 10.1038/s44271-024-00057-w.
Corrective or refutational posts from ordinary users on social media have the potential to improve the online information ecosystem. While initial evidence of these social corrections is promising, a better understanding of the effects across different topics, formats, and audiences is needed. In three pre-registered experiments (N = 1944 UK, N = 2467 Italy, N = 2210 Germany) where respondents completed a social media post assessment task with false and true news posts on various topics (e.g., health, climate change, technology), we find that social corrections reduce perceived accuracy of and engagement with false news posts. We also find that social corrections that flag true news as false decrease perceived accuracy of and engagement with true news posts. We did not find evidence to support moderation of these effects by correction strength, anti-expert sentiments, cognitive reflection capacities, or susceptibility to social influence. While social corrections can be effective for false news, they may also undermine belief in true news.
普通用户在社交媒体上发布的纠正或反驳性帖子有可能改善在线信息生态系统。虽然这些社会纠正的初步证据很有前景，但我们需要更好地了解其在不同主题、形式和受众中的效果。在三项预先注册的实验中（英国N = 1944，意大利N = 2467，德国N = 2210），受访者完成了一项社交媒体帖子评估任务，其中包含关于各种主题（如健康、气候变化、技术）的真假新闻帖子，我们发现社会纠正会降低对虚假新闻帖子的感知准确性和参与度。我们还发现，将真实新闻标记为虚假的社会纠正会降低对真实新闻帖子的感知准确性和参与度。我们没有找到证据支持纠正力度、反专家情绪、认知反思能力或社会影响易感性对这些效果的调节作用。虽然社会纠正对虚假新闻可能有效，但它们也可能破坏对真实新闻的信任。
