2.2.2. Effect of Inoculation Priming 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 (priming 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 of the priming group and time was found (To test whether inoculation priming could change how people dealt with the persuasive intent of misinformation (H1), the same mixed-design ANOVA was conducted with the persuasive intent of misinformation as the dependent variable. A significant interaction effect between the priming group and time was found (