Allison Lazard

Investigating the Mechanisms by which Prevalent Online Community Behaviors Influence Responses to Misinformation: Do Perceived Norms Really Act as a Mediator?

This study addresses two currently open questions about how behaviors of online community members influence others' responses to misinformation. First, in contrast to prior work, it directly measures norm perception to address whether (1) norm perception actually acts as a mediator, (2) others' behaviors directly inf…