Effectiveness of fake news corrections using social judgement theory

Effectiveness of fake news corrections using social judgement theory

This study uses the framework of Social Judgement Theory (SJT) to understand how attitudes affect belief in fake news and corrections. The study revealed that the SJT concepts of ego-involvement, discrepancy and correction ambiguity predict belief in a correction, and belief in a correction subseque...

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Main Authors: Lim, Woei Lin, Shaeba Mohamed, Shahidah Mohamed Hamsah, Tan, Joshua Ching Khiang
Other Authors: Edson C. Tandoc Jr
Format: Final Year Project
Language:English
Published: 2019
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DRNTU::Social sciences::Communication::Communication theories and models
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/76580
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-765802019-12-10T13:52:50Z Effectiveness of fake news corrections using social judgement theory Lim, Woei Lin Shaeba Mohamed Shahidah Mohamed Hamsah Tan, Joshua Ching Khiang Edson C. Tandoc Jr Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information DRNTU::Social sciences::Communication::Communication theories and models This study uses the framework of Social Judgement Theory (SJT) to understand how attitudes affect belief in fake news and corrections. The study revealed that the SJT concepts of ego-involvement, discrepancy and correction ambiguity predict belief in a correction, and belief in a correction subsequently predicts a decrease in fake news belief. Hence, this study has uncovered the ideal conditions for designing and targeting effective corrections to decrease fake news belief. Bachelor of Communication Studies 2019-03-28T01:23:44Z 2019-03-28T01:23:44Z 2019 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/76580 en Nanyang Technological University 33 p. application/pdf application/pdf
institution Nanyang Technological University
building NTU Library
country Singapore
collection DR-NTU
language English
topic DRNTU::Social sciences::Communication::Communication theories and models
spellingShingle DRNTU::Social sciences::Communication::Communication theories and models
Lim, Woei Lin
Shaeba Mohamed
Shahidah Mohamed Hamsah
Tan, Joshua Ching Khiang
Effectiveness of fake news corrections using social judgement theory
description This study uses the framework of Social Judgement Theory (SJT) to understand how attitudes affect belief in fake news and corrections. The study revealed that the SJT concepts of ego-involvement, discrepancy and correction ambiguity predict belief in a correction, and belief in a correction subsequently predicts a decrease in fake news belief. Hence, this study has uncovered the ideal conditions for designing and targeting effective corrections to decrease fake news belief.
author2 Edson C. Tandoc Jr
author_facet Edson C. Tandoc Jr
Lim, Woei Lin
Shaeba Mohamed
Shahidah Mohamed Hamsah
Tan, Joshua Ching Khiang
format Final Year Project
author Lim, Woei Lin
Shaeba Mohamed
Shahidah Mohamed Hamsah
Tan, Joshua Ching Khiang
author_sort Lim, Woei Lin
title Effectiveness of fake news corrections using social judgement theory
title_short Effectiveness of fake news corrections using social judgement theory
title_full Effectiveness of fake news corrections using social judgement theory
title_fullStr Effectiveness of fake news corrections using social judgement theory
title_full_unstemmed Effectiveness of fake news corrections using social judgement theory
title_sort effectiveness of fake news corrections using social judgement theory
publishDate 2019
url http://hdl.handle.net/10356/76580
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