Research on online misinformation has evolved rapidly, but organizing its results and identifying open research questions is difficult without a systematic approach. We present the Online Misinformation Engagement Framework, which classifies people's engagement with online misinformation into four stages: selecting information sources, choosing what information to consume or ignore, evaluating the accuracy of the information and/or the credibility of the source, and judging whether and how to react to the information (e.g., liking or sharing). We outline entry points for interventions at each stage and pinpoint the two early stages—source and information selection—as relatively neglected processes that should be addressed to further improve people's ability to contend with misinformation.

对在线错误信息的研究发展迅速，但如果没有系统的方法，组织其结果并确定开放的研究问题是很困难的。我们提出了在线错误信息参与框架，它将人们对在线错误信息的参与分为四个阶段：选择信息源、选择消费或忽略哪些信息、评估信息的准确性和/或来源的可信度，以及判断是否和如何对信息做出反应（例如，喜欢或分享）。我们概述了每个阶段干预的切入点，并指出两个早期阶段——来源和信息选择——作为相对被忽视的过程，应该解决这些过程，以进一步提高人们应对错误信息的能力。