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Author
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Michael Hameleers
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Year
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2020
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Publisher
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Routledge Taylor and Francis
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Abstract
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Although previous research has offered important insights into the
consequences of mis- and disinformation and the effectiveness of
corrective information, we know markedly less about how different
types of corrective information – news media literacy interventions
and fact-checkers – can be combined to counter different forms of
misinformation. Against this backdrop, this paper reports on
experiments in the US and the Netherlands (N = 1,091) that
exposed people to evidence-based or fact-free anti-immigration
misinformation, fact-checkers and/or a media literacy intervention.
The main findings indicate that evidence-based misinformation is
seen as more accurate than fact-free misinformation, and the
combination of news media literacy interventions and factcheckers is most effective in lowering issue agreement and
perceived accuracy of misinformation across countries. These
findings have important implications for journalism practice and
policy makers that aim to combat mis- and disinformation.
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Language
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ENGLISH