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Debunking: A Meta-Analysis of the Psychological Efficacy of Messages Countering Misinformation
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This meta-analysis investigated the factors underlying effective messages to counter attitudes and beliefs based on misinformation. Because misinformation can lead to poor decisions about consequential matters and is persistent and difficult to correct, debunking it is an important scientific and public-policy goal. This meta-analysis ( k = 52, N = 6,878) revealed large effects for presenting misinformation ( ds = 2.41–3.08), debunking ( ds = 1.14–1.33), and the persistence of misinformation in the face of debunking ( ds = 0.75–1.06). Persistence was stronger and the debunking effect was weaker when audiences generated reasons in support of the initial misinformation. A detailed debunking message correlated positively with the debunking effect. Surprisingly, however, a detailed debunking message also correlated positively with the misinformation-persistence effect.
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- Authors
- Chan, M.-P. S., Jones, C. R., Hall Jamieson, K., & Albarracín, D.
- Affiliations
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (US)
- University of Pennsylvania (US)
- The Annenberg Public Policy Center, University of Pennsylvania
- Corresponding author
- Chan, Man-pui Sally
- Venue
- Psychological Science
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2017-09-12
- Volume
- 28
- Issue
- 11
- Pages
- 1531-1546
- ISSN
- 0956-7976 (ISSN-L)
- 1467-9280
- PMC
- PMC5673564
- OpenAlex
- W2754477858
- Cited by
- 898
- References
- 42
- Citations by year
- 2026: 81 · 2025: 117 · 2024: 112 · 2023: 93 · 2022: 142 · 2021: 114 · 2020: 93 · 2019: 85 · 2018: 58 · 2017: 3
- FWCI
- 20.35
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Psychological Science (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute of Mental Health (R01MH094241)
- National Cancer Institute (P50CA179546)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Misinformation and Its Impacts
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Deception detection and forensic psychology
- Keywords
- debunking, misinformation, belief revision, attitude change, misinformation correction
- MeSH terms
- Attitude, Communication, Humans, Thinking
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