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March 29, 2026Journal of Robustness Reports0 citationsOpen Access

Facilitating better sharing quality of COVID-related headlines

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IPIrene Sophia Plank

Key Points

  • The aim is to assess how accuracy prompts and digital literacy tips influence the sharing behavior of COVID-related headlines.
  • Implemented accuracy prompts and digital literacy tips in a controlled setting
  • Monitored sharing behavior of COVID-related headlines among participants
  • Compared sharing rates of true versus false headlines
  • Both accuracy prompts and digital literacy tips significantly decreased the likelihood to share false headlines
  • Participants were less likely to share inaccurate COVID-related information when prompted
  • Emphasizing accuracy had an impact on sharing habits across various headline types

Abstract

Including accuracy prompts and digital literacy tips similarly decrease the likelihood to share COVID-related headlines, especially if they are false.

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Irene Sophia Plank (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69c8c384de0f0f753b39e50chttps://doi.org/10.21468/jrobustrep.5-rr1
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