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The effects of fact-checking news on individuals’ perception of and attitude toward fake news: Focusing on the roles of news type and online comment type

  • Health Communication Research
  • 2020, 19(2), pp.1-60
  • DOI : 10.24172/hcr.2020.19.2.1
  • Publisher : Korea Health Communication Association
  • Research Area : Social Science > Journalism and Broadcasting > Communication
  • Received : October 31, 2020
  • Accepted : December 23, 2020
  • Published : December 31, 2020

Minkyung Kim 1

1경희대학교

Candidate

ABSTRACT

This study examined the effects of fact-checking news type and online comment type on people’s responses to fake news, through an online experiment. A 2 (news type: supporting vs. refuting fake news) by 2 (comment type: supporting vs. refuting fake news) design was used and a total of 272 participants took part in the experiment. The results confirmed that: 1) fact-checking news type exerted significant effects on news readers’ credibility on and degree of consent to fake news, 2) online comments exercised a significant effect on COVID19-related behavioral intention, and finally, 3) both independent variables significantly affected perceived usefulness of fake news and fear of COVID19. The practical and theoretical implications of these findings were discussed, along with the limitations of the current investigation.

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