Title

Explicit warnings reduce but do not eliminate the continued influence of misinformation

Summary

This study examines how the continued influence of misinformation persists even after it has been retracted or corrected, despite participants remembering the correction. The researchers tested whether explicit warnings about potential misleading information could reduce this effect. A specific warning about the continued influence effect (CIE) successfully decreased reliance on outdated information, but did not fully eliminate it; a more general warning was even less effective. Additionally, combining the specific warning with a plausible alternative explanation for the misinformation further reduced the CIE, but it remained present.

 

َAuthor

Ecker U. K. H., Lewandowsky S., Tang D. T. W.

Year

2010

َThematic Area

Communication Studies

Topic

Misinformation, disinformation, and malinformation

Country

Global

Region

Global

Misinformation Combatting

Misinformation Impact

Place Published

APA 7th End Text Citation

Ecker U. K. H., Lewandowsky S., Tang D. T. W. (2010). Explicit warnings reduce but do not eliminate the continued influence of misinformation. Memory & Cognition, 38, 1087–1100. https://doi.org/10.3758/MC.38.8.1087