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Moral leniency towards belief-consistent disinformation may help explain its spread on social media

, 2023
Laura Joyner, Tom Buchanan, Orkun Yetkili   +2 more
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Fighting fire with fire: Prebunking with the use of a plausible meta‐conspiracy framing

British Journal of Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Prebunking can be used to pre‐emptively refute conspiracy narratives. We developed a new approach to prebunking – fighting fire with fire – which introduces a plausible ‘meta‐conspiracy’ suggesting that conspiracy theories are deliberately spread as part of a wider conspiracy.
Mikey Biddlestone, Ricky Green, Daniel Toribio‐Flórez, Dylan de Gourville, Robbie M. Sutton, Karen M. Douglas   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Social media disinformation and voting decisions during 2019 presidential elections in Nigeria

, 2022
Koblowe Obono, Karimah Aminu Diyo
openalex   +2 more sources

Special issue editorial: Populism, globalisation and social media [PDF]

, 2020
Flew, T., Iosifidis, P.
core   +1 more source

Sampling and processing of climate change information and disinformation across three diverse countries

British Journal of Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract In the media, accurate climate information and climate disinformation often coexist and present competing narratives about climate change. Whereas previous research documented detrimental effects of disinformation on climate beliefs, little is known about how people seek climate‐related content and how this varies between cross‐cultural ...
Zahra Rahmani Azad, Tobia Spampatti, Sebastian Gluth, Kim‐Pong Tam, Ulf J. J. Hahnel   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A content analysis of social media users' reaction to religious disinformation in Bangladesh

, 2021
Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman
openalex   +1 more source

Fighting disinformation with artificial intelligence: fundamentals, advances and challenges

, 2023
Andrés Montoro-Montarroso, Javier Cantón-Correa, Paolo Rosso, Berta Chulvi, Ángel Panizo-LLedot, Javier Huertas‐Tato, Blanca Calvo Figueras, María José Rementeria, Juan Gómez‐Romero   +8 more
openalex   +2 more sources

Denialist vs. warmist climate change conspiracy beliefs: Ideological roots, psychological correlates and environmental implications

British Journal of Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract In the current research, we use network analysis to examine the structure, ideological foundations and correlates of climate change conspiracy theories, distinguishing between denialist and warmist beliefs. Denialist beliefs, typically endorsed on the political right, claim that climate change is exaggerated, whereas warmist beliefs, more ...
Dylan de Gourville, Karen M. Douglas, Robbie M. Sutton   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Civic Literacy and Disinformation in Democracies

Social Sciences
The aim of this study is to explore civic literacy as an approach to counter disinformation in democracies. From group interviews, we elicit, categorize, and analyze diverse perspectives on disinformation in Sweden, previously upheld as a country with ...
Jannie Lilja, Niklas Eklund, Ester Tottie   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Hyperreality, Polarization and Prejudice: Social Media Descriptions of Swedish Child Welfare Services

Child &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines how the Swedish child welfare services (CWSs) are described in Arabic‐speaking social media, with a focus on the ‘LVU campaign.’ The material consists of Facebook and YouTube posts and comments about the Swedish CWSs' actions in child mistreatment cases involving migrant families.
Dana Sofi, Jonas Stier, Emmie Wahlström
wiley   +1 more source