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Recent studies investigating misinformation spread have been situated within political contexts and have used psychological and technological approaches. In response, this study illuminates everyday life situations where people discover misinformation. Based on interviews conducted in Vietnam, it found that people’s decision to counteract misinformation in part links to their existent relationship with its sharer. People tend to counteract misinformation shared by significant others rather than by strangers. The need to adhere to norms in order to keep the relationships harmonious and to avoid embarrassing the sharer shapes what methods are used to counteract misinformation. The findings demonstrate the role of maintaining relationships in choosing appropriate ways of counteracting misinformation, offering insights for reconciling ideological polarizations in everyday life.
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Rohman, A. (2021). Counteracting Misinformation in Quotidian Settings. In: Toeppe, K., Yan, H., Chu, S.K.W. (eds) Diversity, Divergence, Dialogue. iConference 2021. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 12646. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-71305-8_11
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