University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

- Sent DMs to users that followed the experimental accounts back 
- Expressed gratitude for following back to simulate a normal Twitter exchange 
- Users not told they were part of a research study
- Did not expect any response from the users
- Could only send messages to 20 accounts per day
- Users randomly assigned to a day and every 24 hours, a new group of users received a direct message
- Obtained the tweets and retweets of users on the day they received the message and checked for any from the list of 60 untrustworthy websites 

Shifting attention to accuracy can reduce misinformation online - Twitter intervention study procedure

Pennycook, G., Epstein, Z., Mosleh, M., Arechar, A. A., Eckles, D., & Rand, D. G. (2021). Shifting attention to accuracy can reduce misinformation online. Nature, 592(7855), 590-595. https://psyarxiv.com/3n9u8 

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