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Why do people spread false information online? The effects of message and viewer characteristics on self-reported likelihood of sharing social media disinformation
Individuals who encounter false information on social media may actively spread it further, by sharing or otherwise engaging with it. Much of the spread of disinformation can thus be attributed to human action. Four studies (total N = 2,634) explored the effect of message attributes (authoritativene...
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Public Library of Science
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7541057/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33027262 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0239666 |