I do not believe you: how providing a source corrects health misperceptions across social media platforms

Information Communication and Society

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2018, Pages 1337-1353

  Vraga, Emily K ^a   Bode, Leticia ^b  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Facebook; health; Misinformation; social media; Twitter

Indexed keywords

EID: 85017582282     PISSN: 1369118X     EISSN: 14684462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2017.1313883     Document Type: Article

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