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Upworthy

Tired of arguing with misinformed people? Experts say there’s an easy way to change their minds.

Upworthy
Summary
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56% Informative

A new paper in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: General by researchers at the Annenberg Public Policy Center shows that many people have been using ineffective tactics when fighting misinformation.

Researchers suggest a more effective countermeasure to fighting misinformation: “bypassing” This strategy involves offering accurate information that has an implication opposite to that of the misinformation.

VR Score

53

Informative language

48

Neutral language

51

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

60

Offensive language

possibly offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

detected

Time-value

medium-lived

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no external sources

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