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1/5 I've just published a blog post (summarizing the 1st part of my webinar on critical thinking & misinformation). This summarizes psychological research into how inoculation can build resilience against fake news crankyuncle.com/how-inoculatio…
2/5 Research by @Sander_vdLinden, @ecotone2 & @MaibachEd found that misinformation can cancel out facts, but that inoculation (explaining how the myth misleads) neutralizes the misinformation...
3/5 Similarly, I found that even explaining in general terms a technique of science denial without mentioning a specific myth can neutralize the influence of that myth - this is known as the "umbrella of protection" sks.to/inoculation...
4/5 Also important is that the inoculation neutralizes misinformation across the political spectrum. Whether you're politically conservative or liberal, not wanting to be misled is a bipartisan sentiment...
5/5 The more I research this issue, the more I'm convinced that increasing public resilience is the most effective and long-term solution to misinformation. And the key to building resilience is inoculation. crankyuncle.com/how-inoculatio…
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