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Can social media crowds correct misinformation? Or do they mislead?
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The Power of the Crowd
how the public can both spoil and improve social media as a source of information
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75 pages
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30 September 2025
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Summary
The Wisdom (and Folly) of the Crowd: Combatting Misinformation Online
This book explores misinformation as a significant challenge for democracies, drawing upon experiments conducted in Germany, Italy, and the UK to evaluate the impact of user-generated corrections on social media platforms.
Analyzing a substantial dataset of over 170,000 observations spanning diverse topics such as COVID-19, climate change, and 5G technology, this research investigates whether social correc…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781009677134 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1009677136 |
| Series: | Elements in Experimental Political Science |
| Author: | Florian Stöckel, Sabrina Stöckli, Benjamin A. Lyons, Hannah Kroker, Jason Reifler |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Imprint: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 75 |
| Release Date: | 30 September 2025 |
| Weight: | 0g |
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