The Presentation of Self in Virtual Life: Disinformation Warnings and the Spread of Misinformation Regarding COVID-19

Kevin T. Leicht; Joseph Yun; Brant Houston; Loretta Auvil; Eamon Bracht

doi:10.7758/RSF.2022.8.8.03

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The Presentation of Self in Virtual Life: Disinformation Warnings and the Spread of Misinformation Regarding COVID-19

Kevin T. Leicht, Joseph Yun, Brant Houston, Loretta Auvil, Eamon Bracht

RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences December 2022, 8 (8) 52-68; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2022.8.8.03

Kevin T. Leicht

aProfessor and past chair of the Department of Sociology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, United States

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Joseph Yun

bArtificial intelligence and innovation architect and research professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Pittsburgh, United States

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Brant Houston

cProfessor and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Chair in Investigative and Enterprise Reporting at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, United States

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Loretta Auvil

dThe National Center for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States

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Eamon Bracht

ePh.D. student in the School of Information Sciences Informatics Program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States

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Kevin T. Leicht, Joseph Yun, Brant Houston, Loretta Auvil, Eamon Bracht

RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences Dec 2022, 8 (8) 52-68; DOI: 10.7758/RSF.2022.8.8.03

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The Presentation of Self in Virtual Life: Disinformation Warnings and the Spread of Misinformation Regarding COVID-19

Kevin T. Leicht, Joseph Yun, Brant Houston, Loretta Auvil, Eamon Bracht

RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences Dec 2022, 8 (8) 52-68; DOI: 10.7758/RSF.2022.8.8.03

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