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Misinformation is a threat to society – let’s not pretend otherwise

The concept of misinformation has recently been subject to a range of theoretical and methodological critiques. Sander van der Linden, Ullrich Ecker and Stephan Lewandowsky argue misinformation has…

Out today: Don’t believe them! Reducing misinformation influence through source discreditation rdcu.be/dRYbb

Out today: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Misinformation remains a threat to democracy. nature.com/articles/d41...@lewan.bsky.social@naomioreskes.bsky.social@profsanderlinden.bsky.social

Misinformation poses a bigger threat to democracy than you might think

In today’s polarized political climate, researchers who combat mistruths have come under attack and been labelled as unelected arbiters of truth. But the fight against misinformation is valid, warrant...

Preprint was posted in 2022, yes, it spent quite a bit of time in peer review and revisions.

Our review paper “Toolbox of individual-level interventions against online misinformation” is out today in Nature Human Behaviour! Truly a team effort by an international group of experts, led by the amazing Anastasia Kozyreva. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Toolbox of individual-level interventions against online misinformation - Nature Human Behaviour

Kozyreva et al. review evidence from individual-level interventions for fighting online misinformation featured in 81 scientific papers. They classify the interventions in nine different types and sum...

I am advertising a postdoc position to work on a cognitive psych project on misinformation 👇 Please share! external.jobs.uwa.edu.au/cw/en/job/51...

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The disinformation war has taken a toll, but researchers feel a shift

Researchers who study and combat disinformation have faced years of attacks. Recently, they've also achieved some quiet but significant victories.

Agree again! :) See osf.io/preprints/ps...

Everyone in academia should be paying attention to this and thinking about how they/we can fight back against these bad faith attacks. As a scholar in an adjacent field targeted by some of these same bad actors, the "if you don't fight back, they'll go away" strategy is just not an option.

KMkevinmkruse.bsky.socialMar 21, 2024 9:11pm

“Look at all these fancy professors who think they know more about academia than me, a self-professed expert with an undergrad degree!”