Cutting the Bunk
Comparing the Solo and Aggregate Effects of Prebunking and Debunking Covid-19 Vaccine Misinformation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12431300 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michelle A Amazeen (0000-0003-0167-7323, Boston University, MA, USA, corresponding author), Arunima Krishna (0000-0002-2808-6614, Boston University, MA, USA), Rob Eschmann (0000-0002-7278-1526, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 387-417 |
| Publication date | 2022-07-20 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Science Communication (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1075-5470 • E-ISSN: 1552-8545 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/10755470221111558 |
| OpenAlex | W4285993107 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 24 |
| References cited | 55 |
An online experiment among a nationally representative YouGov sample of unvaccinated U.S. adults ( N = 540) leverages inoculation theory as a preliminary step in uniting the prebunking and debunking literature. By testing how prior attitudes toward Covid-19 vaccines interact with varying message interventions, the study finds that specific inoculation messages protect against misinformation, but only among those with preexisting healthy attitudes. Generic inoculation messages have wider application, offering both prophylactic and therapeutic benefits. However, the therapeutic benefits of generic inoculations disappear when debunking messages are present. Nonetheless, generic inoculations do not appear to have detrimental effects on those infected with unhealthy attitudes, unlike specific inoculation messages. Whether the messages are truly a form of inoculation by generating threat merits further research
2019-20 coronavirus outbreak · Computer security · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Inoculation · Misinformation · Pathology · Psychiatry · Psychological intervention · Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2 · Computer Science · Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection · Medicine · Misinformation and Its Impacts · Psychology · Social Psychology · Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy · Immunology · Virology
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Do information disputes work
Fostering Artificial Intelligence to Face Misinformation
Automating Accuracy
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Popular Among Distrustful Youth? Social Media Influencers’ Communication About Covid-19 and Young People’s Risk Perceptions and Vaccination Intentions
Testing Psychological Inoculation to Reduce Reactance to Vaccine-Related Communication
Inoculating Against Anti-Vaccination Conspiracies
Joint Effect of Accuracy Nudge and Warning Label Interventions on Intention to Share Covid-19 Misinformation
Online vaccine misinformation and susceptible publics
Media Literacy Interventions Improve Resilience to Misinformation
Combatting the Misinformation Crisis
The effects of inoculation interventions and repetition on perceived truth in younger and older adults
Promoting Covid-19 vaccine confidence through public responses to misinformation
Truth Sandwich” To Dispel Crisis Misinformation
Winning the game against fake news? Using games to inoculate adolescents and young adults in Singapore against fake news
Detecting Social Media Rumor Debunking Effectiveness During Public Health Emergencies
Fighting fire with fire
The misinformation recognition and response model
Missing Voices
Sources of the continued influence effect
Fact-Checking as Idea and Practice in Journalism
Repetition increases perceived truth equally for plausible and implausible statements
The Relation between Media Consumption and Misinformation at the Outset of the Sars-CoV-2 Pandemic in the US
Stimulus Sampling and Social Psychological Experimentation
Frequency and the conference of referential validity
Effective Messages in Vaccine Promotion
Resisting Covert Persuasion in Digital News
Bigger than sports
The Traditional Explanation for Resistance Versus Attitude Accessibility
Counteracting the Politicization of Science
Some Contemporary Approaches
The Elaboration Likelihood Model of Persuasion
Fake news game confers psychological resistance against online misinformation
Prevention is better than cure
Inoculating Against Fake News About Covid-19
A Theory of Psychological Reactance
Sharing Native Advertising on Twitter
The agenda-setting power of fake news
Message Properties, Mediating States, and Manipulation Checks
Prophylactic Versus Therapeutic Inoculation Treatments for Resistance to Influence
On the Nature of Reactance and its Role in Persuasive Health Communication
Apprehension or motivation to defend attitudes? Exploring the underlying threat mechanism in inoculation-induced resistance to persuasion
The Effectiveness of Supportive and Refutational Defenses in Immunizing and Restoring Beliefs Against Persuasion
Effective strategies for rebutting science denialism in public discussions
Effectiveness of Forewarning in Developing Resistance to Persuasion
Fact-Checking
Motivated Skepticism in the Evaluation of Political Beliefs
Using Expert Sources to Correct Health Misinformation in Social Media
Forewarning, cognitive responding, and resistance to persuasion
Debating the Truth
The case for motivated reasoning
Rethinking the Inoculation Analogy
Inducing Resistance to Conspiracy Theory Propaganda
| Unique citing works | 24 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 8 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 24 |