Jon Roozenbeek|Sander van der Linden
The fake news game: actively inoculating against the risk of misinformation
University of Cambridge|University of Cambridge
rapid spread online misinformation poses increasing risk societies worldwide help counter developed fake news game participants actively tasked creating news article strongly politicized issue european refugee crisis using misleading tactics perspective different types fake news producers pilot test efficacy game conducted randomized field study n 95 public high school setting results provide preliminary evidence playing fake news game reduced perceived reliability persuasiveness fake news articles overall findings suggest educational games may promising vehicle inoculate public fake news