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Slaten, Daniel G. 2014. Amazing Stories: Acquiring and Avoiding Inaccurate Information From Fiction. Discourse Processes 51 (1,2) : 50–74.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

correctness | fiction1 | misunderstanding | source-of-information | text organization, comprehension of

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Journal WWW

www.erlbaum.com/Journals/Electronic/electronic.htm

Annotation

In two experiments, participants read texts including correct, fallacious, or neutral information, placed in realistic or unrealistic stories. They thereafter finished a general knowledge test that contained inquiry for story information. In comparison to realistic stories, unrealistic stories decreased the use of misinformation.