@article{ref1,
title="On the efficacy of accuracy prompts across partisan lines: an adversarial collaboration",
journal="Psychological science",
year="2024",
author="Martel, Cameron and Rathje, Steve and Clark, Cory J. and Pennycook, Gordon and Van Bavel, Jay J. and Rand, David G. and van der Linden, Sander",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="The spread of misinformation is a pressing societal challenge. Prior work shows that shifting attention to accuracy increases the quality of people's news-sharing decisions. However, researchers disagree on whether accuracy-prompt interventions work for U.S. Republicans/conservatives and whether partisanship moderates the effect. In this preregistered adversarial collaboration, we tested this question using a multiverse meta-analysis (k = 21; N = 27,828). In all 70 models, accuracy prompts improved sharing discernment among Republicans/conservatives. We observed significant partisan moderation for single-headline &quot;evaluation&quot; treatments (a critical test for one research team) such that the effect was stronger among Democrats than Republicans. However, this moderation was not consistently robust across different operationalizations of ideology/partisanship, exclusion criteria, or treatment type. Overall, we observed significant partisan moderation in 50% of specifications (all of which were considered critical for the other team). We discuss the conditions under which moderation is observed and offer interpretations.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0956-7976",
doi="10.1177/09567976241232905",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/09567976241232905"
}