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Do Heuristic Cues Affect Misinformation Sharing? Evidence From a Meta-Analysis

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Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly

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Abstract

Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Volume 103, Issue 1, Page 249-272, March 2026.
Information overload in online environments leads individuals to be more likely to rely on heuristic cues to make decisions about (mis)information sharing. Drawing on dual-process models of information processing, namely the heuristic–systematic model and ...