@j_stokesparish combatting disinformation. #DFTB22
Online information sometimes questionable, frustrating…
How do we communicate science?
Online information sometimes questionable, frustrating…
How do we communicate science?
Misinformation rarely comes with a warning label!
People have cognitive biases. They want to trust people that they know or respect, rather than people that they don’t (eg government officials at press conferences).
The Debunking Handbook 
Strategies:
1. Prebunking - give facts, use humour, etc.
1. Prebunking - give facts, use humour, etc.
2. Debunking - exhausting!
“You know how we google things? Gen Z _tiktok_ things.”
*sound of everyone in the room googling tiktok and/or evidence for the claim*
*sound of everyone in the room googling tiktok and/or evidence for the claim*
Social media isn’t real life. Consider your wellbeing.
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