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Why do we not stand up to misinformation? Factors influencing the likelihood of challenging misinformation on social media and the role of demographics

Overview of attention for article published in Technology in Society, March 2024
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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • Among the highest-scoring outputs from this source (#24 of 776)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (96th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (94th percentile)

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87 X users

Citations

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Title
Why do we not stand up to misinformation? Factors influencing the likelihood of challenging misinformation on social media and the role of demographics
Published in
Technology in Society, March 2024
DOI 10.1016/j.techsoc.2023.102444
Authors

Selin Gurgun, Deniz Cemiloglu, Emily Arden Close, Keith Phalp, Preslav Nakov, Raian Ali

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Mendeley readers

Mendeley readers

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 23 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Unspecified 3 13%
Lecturer 3 13%
Lecturer > Senior Lecturer 1 4%
Student > Master 1 4%
Researcher 1 4%
Other 2 9%
Unknown 12 52%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Unspecified 3 13%
Social Sciences 3 13%
Philosophy 1 4%
Business, Management and Accounting 1 4%
Arts and Humanities 1 4%
Other 2 9%
Unknown 12 52%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 53. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 20 February 2024.
All research outputs
#812,502
of 25,782,917 outputs
Outputs from Technology in Society
#24
of 776 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#12,144
of 329,988 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Technology in Society
#1
of 17 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 25,782,917 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 96th percentile: it's in the top 5% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 776 research outputs from this source. They typically receive more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 8.5. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 96% of its peers.
Older research outputs will score higher simply because they've had more time to accumulate mentions. To account for age we can compare this Altmetric Attention Score to the 329,988 tracked outputs that were published within six weeks on either side of this one in any source. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 96% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 17 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 94% of its contemporaries.