Credibility as a Double-Edged Sword: The Effects of Deceptive Source Misattribution on Disinformation Discernment on Personal Messaging
Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly
Published online on July 13, 2025
Abstract
Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Volume 103, Issue 1, Page 35-64, March 2026.
Disinformation often features reputable sources to boost false information’s credibility, but does thisdeceptive source misattributionshape its spread on personal messaging? In a preregistered between-subjects survey experiment on U.K. WhatsApp users (N...
Disinformation often features reputable sources to boost false information’s credibility, but does thisdeceptive source misattributionshape its spread on personal messaging? In a preregistered between-subjects survey experiment on U.K. WhatsApp users (N...