Psychological inoculation can help people identify manipulative tactics in misinformation, but its effectiveness is significantly enhanced when users are also prompted to focus on accuracy.
In a series of studies, while the inoculation video increased recognition of emotional language manipulation, it did not improve participants' ability to discern true from false headlines.
Researchers found that simply alerting people to emotional language can lead them to disbelieve true statements if they also evoke such language, complicating the effort to discern truth.
Combined strategies of inoculation and accuracy prompting may yield a more effective intervention in combating misinformation, providing a basis for future initiatives in media literacy.
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