Assessing the Effectiveness of Correcting COVID-19 Political Misinformation in Peru

• In Event: Effects of Combating Disinformation with Fact-Checking and Corrections

Brief Overview

Using an online survey experiment in Peru, I test the effect of corrective information on misperceptions around vaccines. Results show that voters correct their misperceptions but do not punish the politician using the misinformation.

Author

• Veronica Hurtado Lozada, University of British Columbia and Yale University