Effects of fact-checking social media vaccine misinformation on attitudes toward vaccines.
Social media vaccine misinformation can negatively influence vaccine attitudes. It is urgent to develop communication approaches to reduce the misinformation's impact. This study aimed to test the effects of fact-checking labels for misinformation on attitudes toward vaccines. An online survey exper...
| Publicado en: | Preventive Medicine Vol. 142; pp. 106408 - 106409 |
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| Formato: | research randomized controlled trial Journal Article |
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Academic Press Inc.
Jan2021
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