<p>Globally, the misinformation crisis exposed the need for cognitive researchers to</p>
<p>investigate interventions that will mitigate the influence of misinformation within memory. One</p>
<p>proposed solution is a retraction, whereby misinformation is indicated to be inaccurate. Previous</p>
<p>studies have demonstrated that providing a retraction after misinformation may reduce references</p>
<p>to misinformation. The continued reliance on misinformation even after it has been corrected is</p>
<p>known as the continued influence effect (CIE). It is unclear whether repeated retractions and the</p>
<p>spacing of repeated retractions can reduce the CIE. In the present study, two experiments were</p>
<p>conducted to investigate whether spacing repeated retractions among news messages would be</p>
<p>more effective at reducing the CIE compared to massing retractions. Both experiments exposed</p>
<p>participants to a news story containing misinformation. Each experiment included four retraction</p>
<p>conditions: no retraction, a single retraction, or repeated retractions that were spaced or massed.</p>
<p>In Experiment 1, a single retraction reduced reliance on misinformation, but we did not observe</p>
<p>an additional benefit of repeated retractions when there were two retractions. In Experiment 2, we</p>
<p>provided participants with three repeated retractions. Using this stronger manipulation, repeated</p>
<p>retractions reduced references to misinformation compared to a single retraction, but there was no</p>
<p>benefit of spacing them out. Collectively, our results suggest that repeating corrective messages</p>
<p>can help reduce references to misinformation, with no supporting evidence that it matters how</p>
<p>the repetitions are organized.</p>
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:purdue.edu/oai:figshare.com:article/23563548 |
| Date | 26 June 2023 |
| Creators | Hailey Arreola (16426194) |
| Source Sets | Purdue University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, Thesis |
| Rights | CC BY 4.0 |
| Relation | https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/WILL_SPACING_RETRACTIONS_MODULATE_THE_CONTINUED_INFLUENCE_EFFECT_/23563548 |
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