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Digital Health Reviews (1724) Quality/Credibility of eHealth Information and Trust Issues (654) Reviews in Digital Mental Health (289) Misinformation and Disinformation Outbreaks and Information Prevalence Studies (93) Infoveillance, Infodemiology, Digital Disease Surveillance, Infodemic Management (1139) Infodemiology and Infoveillance (1558)

Published on in Vol 25 (2023)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/49255, first published .
Psychological Inoculation for Credibility Assessment, Sharing Intention, and Discernment of Misinformation: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Psychological Inoculation for Credibility Assessment, Sharing Intention, and Discernment of Misinformation: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Psychological Inoculation for Credibility Assessment, Sharing Intention, and Discernment of Misinformation: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Authors of this article:

Chang Lu1, 2 Author Orcid Image ;   Bo Hu1 Author Orcid Image ;   Qiang Li1 Author Orcid Image ;   Chao Bi1, 2 Author Orcid Image ;   Xing-Da Ju1, 2 Author Orcid Image
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