{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2471998607","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1002/pra2.2015.145052010095","title":"Deterring the spread of misinformation on social network sites: A social cognitive theory\u2010guided intervention","display_name":"Deterring the spread of misinformation on social network sites: A social cognitive theory\u2010guided intervention","publication_year":2015,"publication_date":"2015-01-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2471998607","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1002/pra2.2015.145052010095","mag":"2471998607"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1002/pra2.2015.145052010095","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1002/pra2.2015.145052010095","pdf_url":"https://asistdl.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1002/pra2.2015.145052010095","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4393918545","display_name":"Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology","issn_l":"2373-9231","issn":["2373-9231"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"bronze","oa_url":"https://asistdl.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1002/pra2.2015.145052010095","any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5101773750","display_name":"Xinran Chen","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I172675005","display_name":"Nanyang Technological University","ror":"https://ror.org/02e7b5302","country_code":"SG","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I172675005"]}],"countries":["SG"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Xinran Chen","raw_affiliation_strings":["Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information Nanyang Technological University  31 Nanyang Link Singapore 637718","Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University, 31 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637718"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information Nanyang Technological University  31 Nanyang Link Singapore 637718","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I172675005"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University, 31 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637718","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I172675005"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5014764547","display_name":"Sei\u2010Ching Joanna Sin","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2432-4993"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I172675005","display_name":"Nanyang Technological University","ror":"https://ror.org/02e7b5302","country_code":"SG","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I172675005"]}],"countries":["SG"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Sei\u2010Ching Joanna Sin","raw_affiliation_strings":["Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information Nanyang Technological University  31 Nanyang Link Singapore 637718","Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University, 31 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637718"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information Nanyang Technological University  31 Nanyang Link Singapore 637718","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I172675005"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University, 31 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637718","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I172675005"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5109266569","display_name":"Yin\u2010Leng Theng","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I172675005","display_name":"Nanyang Technological University","ror":"https://ror.org/02e7b5302","country_code":"SG","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I172675005"]}],"countries":["SG"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Yin\u2010Leng Theng","raw_affiliation_strings":["Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information Nanyang Technological University  31 Nanyang Link Singapore 637718","Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University, 31 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637718"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information Nanyang Technological University  31 Nanyang Link Singapore 637718","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I172675005"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University, 31 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637718","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I172675005"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5091447169","display_name":"Chei Sian Lee","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0891-6526"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I172675005","display_name":"Nanyang Technological University","ror":"https://ror.org/02e7b5302","country_code":"SG","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I172675005"]}],"countries":["SG"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Chei Sian Lee","raw_affiliation_strings":["Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information Nanyang Technological University  31 Nanyang Link Singapore 637718","Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University, 31 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637718"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information Nanyang Technological University  31 Nanyang Link Singapore 637718","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I172675005"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University, 31 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637718","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I172675005"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":4,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5014764547","https://openalex.org/A5091447169","https://openalex.org/A5101773750","https://openalex.org/A5109266569"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I172675005"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":5.1232,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":23,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.95485867,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":89,"max":98},"biblio":{"volume":"52","issue":"1","first_page":"1","last_page":"4"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11147","display_name":"Misinformation and Its Impacts","score":0.9998999834060669,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3312","display_name":"Sociology and Political Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11147","display_name":"Misinformation and Its Impacts","score":0.9998999834060669,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3312","display_name":"Sociology and Political Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10557","display_name":"Social Media and Politics","score":0.9901000261306763,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3315","display_name":"Communication"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11644","display_name":"Spam and Phishing Detection","score":0.9898999929428101,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/misinformation","display_name":"Misinformation","score":0.9751790761947632},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/intervention","display_name":"Intervention (counseling)","score":0.7055578231811523},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/harm","display_name":"Harm","score":0.6102586388587952},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/psychology","display_name":"Psychology","score":0.5988371968269348},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/social-cognitive-theory","display_name":"Social cognitive theory","score":0.5660693645477295},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/cognition","display_name":"Cognition","score":0.4848152697086334},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/social-anxiety","display_name":"Social anxiety","score":0.471344918012619},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/trustworthiness","display_name":"Trustworthiness","score":0.44934049248695374},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/internet-privacy","display_name":"Internet privacy","score":0.4417995512485504},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/social-media","display_name":"Social media","score":0.4367656111717224},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/outcome","display_name":"Outcome (game theory)","score":0.43392664194107056},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/anxiety","display_name":"Anxiety","score":0.42352789640426636},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/social-psychology","display_name":"Social psychology","score":0.36850178241729736},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/applied-psychology","display_name":"Applied psychology","score":0.33882254362106323},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.2136058509349823},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-security","display_name":"Computer security","score":0.18175581097602844},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/psychiatry","display_name":"Psychiatry","score":0.12399366497993469},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/world-wide-web","display_name":"World Wide Web","score":0.07196846604347229}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776990098","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13579947","display_name":"Misinformation","level":2,"score":0.9751790761947632},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780665704","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q959298","display_name":"Intervention (counseling)","level":2,"score":0.7055578231811523},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777363581","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15098235","display_name":"Harm","level":2,"score":0.6102586388587952},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.5988371968269348},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C14564219","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q383646","display_name":"Social cognitive theory","level":2,"score":0.5660693645477295},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C169900460","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2200417","display_name":"Cognition","level":2,"score":0.4848152697086334},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777545354","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3557657","display_name":"Social anxiety","level":3,"score":0.471344918012619},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C153701036","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q659974","display_name":"Trustworthiness","level":2,"score":0.44934049248695374},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C108827166","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q175975","display_name":"Internet privacy","level":1,"score":0.4417995512485504},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C518677369","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q202833","display_name":"Social media","level":2,"score":0.4367656111717224},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C148220186","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7111912","display_name":"Outcome (game theory)","level":2,"score":0.43392664194107056},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C558461103","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q154430","display_name":"Anxiety","level":2,"score":0.42352789640426636},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C77805123","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q161272","display_name":"Social psychology","level":1,"score":0.36850178241729736},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C75630572","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q538904","display_name":"Applied psychology","level":1,"score":0.33882254362106323},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.2136058509349823},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C38652104","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3510521","display_name":"Computer security","level":1,"score":0.18175581097602844},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C118552586","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7867","display_name":"Psychiatry","level":1,"score":0.12399366497993469},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C136764020","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q466","display_name":"World Wide Web","level":1,"score":0.07196846604347229},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C33923547","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q395","display_name":"Mathematics","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144237770","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q747534","display_name":"Mathematical economics","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1002/pra2.2015.145052010095","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1002/pra2.2015.145052010095","pdf_url":"https://asistdl.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1002/pra2.2015.145052010095","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4393918545","display_name":"Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology","issn_l":"2373-9231","issn":["2373-9231"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.1002/pra2.2015.145052010095","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1002/pra2.2015.145052010095","pdf_url":"https://asistdl.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1002/pra2.2015.145052010095","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4393918545","display_name":"Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology","issn_l":"2373-9231","issn":["2373-9231"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology","raw_type":"journal-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"score":0.6399999856948853,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/10","display_name":"Reduced inequalities"}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":true,"grobid_xml":true},"content_urls":{"pdf":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W2471998607.pdf","grobid_xml":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W2471998607.grobid-xml"},"referenced_works_count":26,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W31250479","https://openalex.org/W158118704","https://openalex.org/W306029580","https://openalex.org/W1537882445","https://openalex.org/W1562208008","https://openalex.org/W1971330847","https://openalex.org/W1980868027","https://openalex.org/W2004797753","https://openalex.org/W2010210047","https://openalex.org/W2012336753","https://openalex.org/W2039111838","https://openalex.org/W2050619059","https://openalex.org/W2057181385","https://openalex.org/W2059571747","https://openalex.org/W2082609047","https://openalex.org/W2084591134","https://openalex.org/W2111591671","https://openalex.org/W2124594303","https://openalex.org/W2124690797","https://openalex.org/W2132668619","https://openalex.org/W2139297408","https://openalex.org/W2165392712","https://openalex.org/W2182204071","https://openalex.org/W2993764965","https://openalex.org/W3124490981","https://openalex.org/W3214923421"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W3197131596","https://openalex.org/W4390616380","https://openalex.org/W4388666321","https://openalex.org/W4205914924","https://openalex.org/W4283459170","https://openalex.org/W4390691583","https://openalex.org/W4229014887","https://openalex.org/W4225301003","https://openalex.org/W4229067106","https://openalex.org/W4220949352"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"ABSTRACT":[0],"As":[1],"more":[2],"individuals":[3],"turn":[4],"to":[5,61,80],"social":[6,73],"network":[7],"sites":[8,18],"(SNSs)":[9],"for":[10,137],"information,":[11],"the":[12,66,72,77,93,100,117,121,126,130],"spread":[13,67],"of":[14,48,68,96,102,133,146],"misinformation":[15,27],"in":[16],"these":[17],"is":[19,151],"becoming":[20],"a":[21,89,106],"greater":[22],"concern.":[23],"Not":[24],"only":[25],"can":[26,36],"cause":[28],"individual":[29],"users":[30],"anxiety":[31],"and":[32,53,135,144],"harm,":[33],"but":[34],"it":[35],"also":[37],"prevent":[38],"SNSs":[39],"from":[40],"realizing":[41],"their":[42],"full":[43],"potential":[44],"as":[45],"trustworthy":[46],"sources":[47],"information.":[49],"This":[50],"study":[51],"proposed":[52],"tested":[54],"an":[55],"intervention\u2010based":[56],"strategy":[57],"that":[58,64,91,125,139],"was":[59,109],"designed":[60],"discourage":[62],"behavior":[63],"promotes":[65],"misinformation.":[69,97,141],"Guided":[70],"by":[71,85],"cognitive":[74],"theory":[75],"(SCT),":[76],"intervention":[78,104,127,150],"sought":[79],"modify":[81],"users'":[82],"outcome":[83],"expectations":[84],"presenting":[86],"them":[87],"with":[88,112],"message":[90],"highlighted":[92],"negative":[94],"consequences":[95],"To":[98],"investigate":[99],"effectiveness":[101],"this":[103,147],"message,":[105],"classical":[107],"experiment":[108],"conducted":[110],"on\u2010line":[111],"131":[113],"college\u2010student":[114],"participants.":[115],"In":[116],"study's":[118],"experimental":[119],"group,":[120],"ANOVA":[122],"results":[123],"showed":[124],"effectively":[128],"reduced":[129],"total":[131],"number":[132],"\u201cLikes\u201d":[134],"\u201cShares\u201d":[136],"postings":[138],"provided":[140],"Future":[142],"development":[143],"testing":[145],"SCT\u2010guided,":[148],"outcome\u2010expectations\u2010based":[149],"promising.":[152]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2025-11-06T03:46:38.306776","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}
