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Independently testing prosocial interventions: Methods and recommendations from 31 researchers
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Volume 1550, Issue 1, Page 108-121, August 2025.Independent research plays a critical role in producing knowledge around prosocial design, generating evidence that platform designs can create positive outcomes, and pointing to the most effective design patterns. Such knowledge can suggest specific design solutions to platforms, while also providing a lever to advocacy groups and regulators to ...
David J. Grüning +10 more
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Chaos creator: Misinformation inoculation in information literacy instruction [PDF]
Combating the spread of misinformation is a struggle that has inspired considerable research in the fields of psychology, education, political science, and information science, among others.
Goodsett, Mandi
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The Impact of the Timing of Advice on Its Utilization
Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, Volume 38, Issue 3, July 2025.ABSTRACT There is theoretical and practical interest in characterizing the factors that affect the use of advice when making decisions. Here, we investigated how the timing of advice affects its utilization. We conducted three experiments to compare the integration of advice shown before versus after participants had the chance themselves to evaluate ...
Sriraj Aiyer, Nick Yeung
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British Journal of Social Psychology, Volume 64, Issue 3, July 2025.Abstract Climate change is a significant and urgent challenge faced by humanity, yet the widespread dissemination of misinformation hampers progress in combating it. While previous research shows that false information about the scientific consensus on climate change can shape beliefs and attitudes, its effect on behavioural intentions remains less ...
Aitor Larzabal‐Fernandez +2 more
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Teaching Open‐Mindedness for Challenging Classrooms
Educational Theory, Volume 75, Issue 2, Page 292-314, April 2025.Abstract Whether open‐mindedness (OM) counts as an admirable epistemic aim of education has been a surprisingly contentious matter. Skeptics point out that OM is only contingently truth‐conducive and that open‐minded students may be maladaptive to the hostile epistemic environment outside school. Here, Seunghyun Lee contends that, while these critiques
Seunghyun Lee
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InformationThe COVID-19 pandemic heightened concerns about health and safety, leading people to seek information to protect themselves from infection. Even before the pandemic, false health information was spreading on social media.
Kevin K. W. Ho, Shaoyu Ye
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Contagions of Doubt: Denialism and the Spread of Medical Conspiracy Theories [PDF]
Denialism and conspiratorial thinking have long shaped public perceptions of science and medicine, but the COVID-19 pandemic exposed how rapidly these forces can evolve and spread in a digital age. This thesis examines the historical roots, psychological
Boom, Haley
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Should Teachers Promote Vaccination?
Educational Theory, Volume 75, Issue 2, Page 227-259, April 2025.Abstract The Covid‐19 pandemic brought the importance of vaccination and public attitudes toward it firmly to the fore. However, vaccine hesitancy and refusal remain significant barriers to global uptake, with post‐pandemic declines in routine immunization contributing to disease outbreaks worldwide.
Ruth Wareham
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Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, Volume 47, Issue 1, Page 217-240, March 2025.Abstract This study investigates the effect of food biotechnology misinformation on consumer demand and attitudes toward bioengineered food and tests the effectiveness of pre‐bunking and debunking mitigation strategies. Using choice experiment data from a sample of 1270 U.S. consumers, we find that exposure to misinformation has a significant effect on
Lin Lin, David L. Ortega, Jiayu Sun
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Journal of Research in Science Teaching, Volume 62, Issue 3, Page 629-654, March 2025.Abstract Misinformation has been extensively studied as both maliciously intended propaganda and accidentally experienced incorrect assumptions. We contend that “conceptual contamination” is the process by which the learning of incorrect information interferes, pollutes, or otherwise disrupts the learning of correct information.
Robert W. Danielson +5 more
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