Inaccuracies and Izzat: Channel Affordances for the Consideration of Face in Misinformation Correction
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Title
Inaccuracies and Izzat: Channel Affordances for the Consideration of Face in Misinformation Correction
Subject
Misinformation, Correction, Politeness, Face, Face-negotiation theory, Face concerns, India, WhatsApp, CMC, Affordances
Description
The correction of misinformation is an important scholarly and practical endeavor. Understanding the correction process requires drawing on theorizing from a multitude of perspectives. This interview study of (N ΒΌ 26) Indian young adults in Delhi uses an affordances perspective in combination with face-negotiation theory to understand how face considerations during a misinformation correction are tied to different social and mobile media affordances that influence channel selection. While older family members share falsehoods on WhatsApp group chats, corrections rarely occur there. Instead, perceived synchronicity, bandwidth, and publicness affordances of different channels that support politeness and face concerns influence channel choice for correction. Thus, this study not only provides an interesting context for understanding these affordances, but also adds to the literature on misinformation correction by highlighting the role of social and contextual factors, and demonstrates the utility of CMC and interpersonal communication theory in understanding misinformation correction.
Creator
Katy E. Pearce & Pranav Malhotra
Source
https://academic.oup.com/jcmc/article/27/2/zmac004/6548792
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Date
27 January 2022.
Contributor
Sri Wahyuni
Format
PDF
Language
English
Type
Text
Coverage
Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication 00 (2022)
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Citation
Katy E. Pearce & Pranav Malhotra, “Inaccuracies and Izzat: Channel Affordances for the Consideration of Face in Misinformation Correction,” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed October 31, 2025, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/8741.