are there been sociolicgical studies to look at how effective different misinformation campaigns are in the public ?

Question: are there been sociolicgical studies to look at how effective different misinformation campaigns are in the public ?

Asked by ramla to Nathalie on 21 Jun 2010 in Categories: General.
- Nathalie Pettorelli answered on 21 Jun 2010:
  
  Hi Ramla,
  
  There have been studies investigating the impact of misinformation on the public – both post-hoc studies (assessing how one specific wrong information affected people’s attitude, behaviour or decision) and experimental studies (you take a bunch of people, submit them to various information & see their reactions). Do you have an example in mind you would like to discuss?

Question: are there been sociolicgical studies to look at how effective different misinformation campaigns are in the public ?