Articles By
Simone Mattavelli
How different incentives reduce scientific misinformation online
Piero Ronzani, Folco Panizza, Tiffany Morisseau, Simone Mattavelli and Carlo Martini
Several social media employ or consider user recruitment as defense against misinformation. Yet, it is unclear how to encourage users to make accurate evaluations. Our study shows that presenting the performance of previous participants increases discernment of science-related news. Making participants aware that their evaluations would be used by future participants had no effect on accuracy.