3.2.3. Effect of the Inoculation Intervention on Misinformation Discrimination
To test whether inoculation priming could improve the ability to recognize misinformation (H1), a mixed-design ANOVA was conducted with the group (intervention vs. control) and time (pretest vs. posttest vs. follow-up) as independent variables; the ability to recognize misinformation as the dependent variable; and sex, age, and SES as covariates. A significant interaction effect between the intervention group and time was found (To test whether the intervention could change the persuasive intent of misinformation (H1), the same ANOVA was conducted with the persuasive intent of misinformation as the dependent variable. The results showed a significant main effect of the intervention (