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Expert organizations can be effective in correcting health misinformation on social media

Vraga, Emily (2017) Expert organizations can be effective in correcting health misinformation on social media. USApp - American Politics and Policy Blog (26 Oct 2017). Website.

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Abstract

While social media can be a great source of information and insight, it is also awash with misinformation. How can social media users combat this? In new research which focuses on health information, Emily Vraga finds that single tweets by social media users are ineffective at correcting false information, but they can be effective if they are followed by a ...

Item Type: Online resource (Website)
Official URL: http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/
Additional Information: © 2017 The Author(s)
Divisions: LSE
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HE Transportation and Communications
Date Deposited: 14 Nov 2017 16:51
Last Modified: 14 Sep 2024 01:37
URI: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/85435

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