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Infodemiology and Infoveillance (1588) Medicine 2.0: Social Media, Open, Participatory, Collaborative Medicine (1954) Peer-to-Peer Support and Online Communities (829) Information Seeking, Information Needs (575) Public (e)Health, Digital Epidemiology and Public Health Informatics (1081) Infoveillance, Infodemiology, Digital Disease Surveillance, Infodemic Management (1155)

Published on in Vol 25 (2023)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/45583, first published .
Impact of Social Reference Cues on Misinformation Sharing on Social Media: Series of Experimental Studies

Impact of Social Reference Cues on Misinformation Sharing on Social Media: Series of Experimental Studies

Impact of Social Reference Cues on Misinformation Sharing on Social Media: Series of Experimental Studies

Authors of this article:

Christopher M Jones1, 2 Author Orcid Image ;   Daniel Diethei1, 2 Author Orcid Image ;   Johannes Schöning2, 3 Author Orcid Image ;   Rehana Shrestha1, 2 Author Orcid Image ;   Tina Jahnel1, 2 Author Orcid Image ;   Benjamin Schüz1, 2 Author Orcid Image
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