This study examined the influence of user fact-checking and people’s trust in misinformation on the effectiveness of misinformation correction provided by a peer. A lab quasi-experiment was conducted. Participants received misinformation about weight loss methods and were given autonomy to decide whether to seek additional information online, followed by a subsequent misinformation correction. Information verification and trust in misinformation were positively related to resistance to correction, even when people’s predisposition towards effortful thinking and gender were included in the model. People who tried to verify the information and trusted the misinformation were not more likely to resist misinformation correction than those who did not fact-check and trusted the misinformation. Further, intention to share was positively associated with levels of trust in misinformation.

这项研究考察了用户事实核查和人们对错误信息的信任对同行提供的错误信息纠正有效性的影响。进行了实验室准实验。参与者收到了有关减肥方法的错误信息，并被赋予自主权决定是否在网上寻求更多信息，随后纠正错误信息。即使模型中包含了人们努力思考的倾向和性别，信息验证和对错误信息的信任与对纠正的抵制呈正相关。那些试图核实信息并相信错误信息的人并不比那些没有核实事实并相信错误信息的人更有可能抵制错误信息纠正。更远，