The Role of Familiarity in Correcting Inaccurate Information

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The Psychology of Fake News. (2021, background): “often also fail to reach their intended audience [89], and may fade over time [90], provide incomplete protection against familiarity effects [49], and cause corrected users to”
Reminders and repetition of misinformation: Helping or hindering its retraction? (2017, result): “is possible that misinformation repetition might have a negative effect only in the absence of causal alternatives (however, Swire et al., 2016, failed to find familiarity backfire effects even in the absence of alternatives). Finally, while the present study used fictional events, real-world myths ”
Combatting climate change misinformation: Evidence for longevity of inoculation and consensus messaging effects (2020, unknown): “Even when factual information corrects a myth, the initial belief (based on a falsehood) can still exert a continued influence (Ecker et al., 2014; Lewandowsky et al., 2012; Swire et al., 2017).”
Public Health and Online Misinformation: Challenges and Recommendations. (2019, result): “We must also be by cognizant that much of the research has been performed with political misinformation d e d rather than health misinformation, and most of the research was conducted within the United States.”