How to counter misinformation using psychology | Dr Jon Roozenbeek  | #Webimmunization project
Channel: Webimmunization project
Date: 2022-07-14

In the framework of the online midterm seminar organized by the #Webimmunization research project's team, Dr Jon Roozenbeek, who is a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at the Cambridge Social Decision-Making Lab, talked about how to counter misinformation using psychology.

Chapters
0:00 Introduction
5:49 Fake News
9:19 Disinformation
11:26 Misinformation
13:48 Outgroup animosity
15:23 What is "misinformation"?
17:02 How to define "misinformation" ?
17:57 Do we have a problem?
20:06 Why is misinformation a problem?
21:09 Misinformation and vaccines
25:06 Why do people believe misinformation?
28:05 Predictors of misinformation susceptibility
32:54 OK so what do we do?
33:11 Fact-checking (Debunking and "continued influence")
38:04 The scienice of prebunking
38:49 Inoculation theory: a 'vaccine' against misinformation?
53:45 Summary
55:57 Q&A

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