Collected Item: “Sharing source-backed information can help reduce COVID-19 misinformation online”
Give your story a title.
Sharing source-backed information can help reduce COVID-19 misinformation online
What sort of object is this: text story, photograph, video, audio interview, screenshot, drawing, meme, etc.?
Text story
Tell us a story; share your experience. Describe what the object or story you've uploaded says about the pandemic, and/or why what you've submitted is important to you.
This is a news story from Penn State University by Jessica Hallman. A recent study has shown that user corrections given back and forth on social media has helped reduce the spread of misinformation. Through sharing source-backed information, people were able to pick out fake news easier.
Use one-word hashtags (separated by commas) to describe your story. For example: Where did it originate? How does this object make you feel? How does this object relate to the pandemic?
study, science, misinformation, news, fake news, social media, HST580, ASU
Enter a URL associated with this object, if relevant.
https://www.psu.edu/news/information-sciences-and-technology/story/sharing-source-backed-information-can-help-reduce-covid/
Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)
Jessica Hallman
Give this story a date.
2022-06-09