Can "Googling" correct misbelief? Cognitive and affective consequences of online search.

With increasing concern over online misinformation in perspective, this study experimentally examined the cognitive as well as the affective consequences of online search. Results of the two experiments using widely shared, prejudiced misinformation about an ethnic minority in Japan indicated that (...

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Main Authors: Tetsuro Kobayashi, Fumiaki Taka, Takahisa Suzuki
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/831a733054c5417e9d53f9f0cfb9af04
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