Effectiveness of fake news corrections using social judgement theory

• 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
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Communication::Communication theories and models
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/76580
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

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...