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Editorial
. 2022 Mar;36(3):559-581.
doi: 10.1177/08901171211070957.

Knowing Well, Being Well: well-being born of understanding: The Urgent Need for Coordinated and Comprehensive Efforts to Combat Misinformation

Sara S Johnson  1
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Editorial

Knowing Well, Being Well: well-being born of understanding: The Urgent Need for Coordinated and Comprehensive Efforts to Combat Misinformation

Sara S Johnson. Am J Health Promot. 2022 Mar.
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Figure 1.
Optimised debunking strategies(p12).
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Figure 2.
Bad News (www.getbadnews.com), Harmony Square (www.harmonysquare.game), Go Viral! (www.goviralgame.com) and Cranky Uncle (www.crankyuncle.com) game environments.
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Figure 3.
Perceived reliability of misinformation before the intervention (T1), immediately after the intervention (T2), and 1 (T3), 5 (T4) and 13 (T5) weeks after, for the inoculation (Bad News game players) and control (Tetris players) group. Error bars show 95% confidence intervals. Reprinted with permission from Maertens et al.
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Figure 1.
Perceived Strength of Arguments in Favor of a Pricing Change that were Perceived as Somewhat Strong Across Racial/Ethnic Groups. Note: Perceived argument strength was measured using a Likert scale where 1 represented an “Extremely Weak Reason” and 7 represented an “Extremely Strong Reason”; 4 indicates “Neither Strong nor Weak”. These values represent means within racial/ethnic groups and were derived from a sample of (n = 1485) lower-income parents of young children (0-5).
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Perceived Strength of Arguments in Favor of a Pricing Change that Emphasized Industry Targeting Behavior Across Racial/Ethnic Groups. Note: Perceived argument strength was measured using a Likert scale where 1 represented an “Extremely Weak Reason” and 7 represented an “Extremely Strong Reason”; 4 indicates “Neither Strong nor Weak”. These values represent means within racial/ethnic groups and were derived from a sample of (n = 1485) lower-income parents of young children (0-5).
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