So far, we’ve launched three different games, each of which covers a different domain of misinformation: Bad News (about online “fake news”), Harmony Square (about political disinformation and intergroup polarization), and Go Viral! (about COVID-19 misinformation) Source: Inoculation Science – Interactive Games
Category: Disinformation
Inoculation Science – Home
This website brings together research and resources on inoculation theory applied to misinformation. Source: Inoculation Science – Home
Why Facts Don’t Change Our Minds
However, truth and accuracy are not the only things that matter to the human mind. Humans also seem to have a deep desire to belong. Source: Why Facts Don’t Change Our Minds
The rise of “trafficking” language in ballot collection narratives | Center for an Informed Public
There is a substantial difference between something being illegally transported and something illegal being transported, Source: The rise of “trafficking” language in ballot collection narratives | Center for an Informed Public
Troll farms reached 140 million Americans a month on Facebook before 2020 election
The report, written in October 2019 and obtained by MIT Technology Review from a former Facebook employee not involved in researching it, found that after the 2016 election, Facebook failed to prioritize fundamental changes to how its platform promotes and distributes information. Source: Troll farms reached 140 million Americans a month on Facebook before 2020 […]
OII | MISDOOM 2021
I need to check in on this conference for next year. After two successful editions, the international MISDOOM symposium on misinformation in online media returns for a 3rd edition, this time co-hosted by the Oxford Internet Institute and the Universiteit Utrecht on 21-22 September 2021. Topics include health misinformation, hate speech, misinformation diffusion, news spreading behaviour and mitigation, […]
