A broader view of misinformation reveals potential for intervention
成果类型：
Editorial Material
署名作者：
van der Linden, Sander; Kyrychenko, Yara
署名单位：
University of Cambridge
刊物名称：
SCIENCE
ISSN/ISSBN：
0036-10402
DOI：
10.1126/science.adp9117
发表日期：
2024-05-31
页码：
959-960
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摘要：
Misinformation is viewed as a threat to science, public health, and democracies worldwide ( 1 ). Experts define misinformation as content that is false or misleading, such that it contains some facts but is otherwise manipulative ( 2 , 3 ). Yet, the importance of this distinction has remained unquantified. On pages 978 and 979 of this issue, Allen et al. ( 4 ) and Baribi-Bartov et al. ( 5 ), respectively, report on the impact of misinformation on social media. Allen et al. find that Facebook content not flagged as misinformation but still expressing misleading views on vaccinations had a much bigger effect on vaccination intentions compared with outright falsehoods because of its greater reach. Baribi-Bartov et al. investigate who is responsible for spreading misinformation about voting on X (previously Twitter), identifying highly networked citizens (supersharers) who supply about a quarter of the fake news received by their followers. These findings highlight new ways to intervene in misinformation propagation.