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Area of Science:

  • Social Psychology
  • Computational Social Science
  • Communication Studies

Background:

  • Misinformation frequently spreads on social media platforms.
  • Understanding the psychological drivers of misinformation sharing is crucial for developing effective interventions.
  • Previous research has explored factors like cognitive biases and political ideology, but the role of moral values remains underexplored.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate whether aligning misinformation content with individuals' core moral values facilitates its spread.
  • To examine the impact of moral value alignment on sharing intentions for both true and false news.
  • To analyze the role of moral framing and sender ideology in the dissemination of COVID-19 vaccination misinformation on Twitter.

Main Methods:

  • Three behavioral experiments were conducted to assess sharing intentions based on moral alignment and analytical thinking.
  • Natural language processing (NLP) was employed to analyze the moral framing and political ideology of real-world Twitter data.
  • A large dataset of COVID-19 vaccination misinformation tweets was analyzed to explore real-world dissemination patterns.

Main Results:

  • Framing content to align with audience moral values significantly increased sharing intentions for both true and false headlines.
  • Moral alignment facilitated the sharing of misinformation more than true information, independent of headline familiarity and political ideology.
  • Analysis of Twitter data revealed that alignment between message moral framing and sender ideology promoted misinformation spread, driven by motivational factors.

Conclusions:

  • Targeting core values can effectively influence the dissemination of information and misinformation on social media.
  • Partisan divides in misinformation sharing can be partly explained by the alignment between audience moral values and online content's moral framing.
  • The findings highlight the importance of motivational factors in the spread of misinformation and suggest avenues for mitigation strategies.