Reducing WhatsApp Usage to Mitigate Misinformation Exposure During Elections: Evidence from a Multi-Country Experiment

• In Event: Misperceptions and Misinformation

Brief Overview

We investigate the effects of WhatsApp usage on exposure to political (mis)information, accuracy judgements, and political attitudes during national elections in India and South Africa.

Authors

• Rajeshwari Majumdar, Yale University

• Tiago Augusto Ventura, Georgetown University

• Shelley Liu, University of California-Berkeley

• Carolina Torreblanca, University of Pennsylvania

• Joshua A. Tucker, New York University