Factors influencing fake news rebuttal acceptance during the COVID-19 pandemic and the moderating effect of cognitive ability

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Highlights：

• Text mining and econometrics were combined to examine fake news rebuttal acceptance during the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Source authority of rebuttals is negatively related to rebuttal acceptance.

• Source influence of rebuttals is positively related to rebuttal acceptance.

• Information readability and argument quality of rebuttals positively affect rebuttal acceptance.

• Cognitive ability is significant in the relationships among the above factors.

摘要

•Text mining and econometrics were combined to examine fake news rebuttal acceptance during the COVID-19 pandemic.•Source authority of rebuttals is negatively related to rebuttal acceptance.•Source influence of rebuttals is positively related to rebuttal acceptance.•Information readability and argument quality of rebuttals positively affect rebuttal acceptance.•Cognitive ability is significant in the relationships among the above factors.

论文关键词：COVID-19,Fake news,Elaboration likelihood model,Rebuttal acceptance,Cognitive ability,Social media

论文评审过程：Received 28 June 2021, Revised 23 December 2021, Accepted 29 December 2021, Available online 31 December 2021, Version of Record 6 January 2022.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2021.107174