Resources on applying Inoculation Theory to Misinformation
Inoculation Theory: A beginners Guide
Inoculation theory is a social psychological communication theory that explains how an attitude or belief can be protected against persuasion or influence in much the same way a body can be protected against disease…
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Debunking versus prebunking
The spread of misinformation has reached epidemic proportions. The World Health Organization (WHO) has even referred to this spread as a global “infodemic.” As governments and social media companies scramble …
How to test inoculation interventions in the lab
Online misinformation is a pervasive global problem. In response, psychologists have recently explored the theory of psychological inoculation: If people are preemptively exposed to a weakened version of a misinformation …
How people are misled, and how inoculation can help
We would like to thank the Cambridge Social Decision Making Lab, Ruurd Oosterwoud and DROG, Design Studio Gusmanson, the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), and the University of Cambridge …
Countering misinformation through inoculation
There has been increasing concern with the growing infusion of misinformation, or “fake news”, into public discourse and politics in many western democracies. Our article first briefly reviews the current …
What makes people susceptible to misinformation about COVID-19?
Misinformation about COVID-19 is a major threat to public health. Using five national samples from the UK (n = 1050 and n = 1150), Ireland (n = 700), the USA …
Inoculating against extremism
The Internet is gaining relevance as a platform where extremist organizations seek to recruit new members. For this preregistered study, we developed and tested a novel online game, Radicalise, which …
Useful Links
- The Bad News game explained – video
- CNN interview with Jon Roozenbeek on GetBadNews
- Why there is no simple fix against misinformation
- How effective is priming people to be mindful of accuracy as a way to combat misinformation?
- Is the term ‘fake news’ politicized?”
- The language of conspiracy
- How to combat distrust of science
- Countering science denial
- How can psychological science help counter the spread of fake news?
- Ideological assymetries and fake news
- Risk perceptions of COVID-19
