Good news or bad news? The impact of information valence on high school students' willingness to share misinformation and the effectiveness of a targeted accuracy prompt.

Front Psychol · 2025 · PMC12604475 · PMID 41229603

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Although the interaction between authenticity and valence was only marginally significant, further simple effect analyses revealed that the difference in willingness to share positive vs. negative headlines was significant for both true and false information.

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