Jon Roozenbeek|Sander van der Linden|Thomas Nygren
Prebunking interventions based on the psychological theory of “inoculation” can reduce susceptibility to misinformation across cultures.
University of Cambridge|University of Cambridge|Uppsala University
study finds online fake news game bad news confer psychological resistance common online misinformation strategies eg conspiracy theories manipulating emotions political polarization across different cultures sweden german poland greece intervention draws theory psychological inoculation analogous process medical immunization find prebunking preemptively warning exposing people weakened doses misinformation help cultivate mental antibodies fake news conclude social impact games rooted basic insights social psychology boost immunity misinformation across variety cultural linguistic political settings