As a psychologist researching misinformation, I focus on reducing its influence. Essentially, my goal is to put myself out of a job. Recent developments indicate that I haven’t been doing a very good ...

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A new study conducted in collaboration with Google found that playing short videos about manipulation could help cut down on America's misinformation problem. Reading time 5 minutes Researchers ...

Brief exposure to short video clips of misinformation strategies improves awareness of online falsehoods. The corresponding study was published in Science Advances. 'Inoculation theory' has been ...

In medicine, vaccinating against a virus involves exposing a body to a weakened version of the threat, enough to build a tolerance. Social psychologists believe that a similar logic can be applied to ...

A little-noticed group of government-funded researchers is developing a clever inoculation against the disinformation and violence threatening American democracy. The coronavirus vaccine rollout, ...

From the COVID-19 pandemic to the war in Ukraine, misinformation is rife worldwide. Many tools have been designed to help people spot misinformation. The problem with most of them is how hard they are ...

At his suburban Melbourne medical practice, GP Dr Billy Stoupas has been fielding an "unprecedented" number of vaccine questions from patients. The questions started when the US approved the Pfizer ...

Misinformation on climate change can psychologically cancel out the influence of accurate statements. However, if legitimate facts are delivered with an "inoculation" -- a warning dose of ...