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Sander van der Linden
@Sander_vdLinden
Professor of Psychology @Cambridge_Uni. I'm outta here. You can find me on BlueSky @profsanderlinden.bsky.social or other socials.
Sep 2, 2023 • 8 tweets • 9 min read
Let's be clear: Negative emotions play a key role in misinfo. Most anti-vaxx websites use emotional appeals, they do so b/c we know activating emotions makes people more likely to fall for fake news. TONS of work shows higher prevalence of emotion in fake news.🧵Here's >20 papers (1) Many anti (vs pro) vaxx websites use neg emotional appeals (range 76% - 99%). Linguistic analyses show conspiracy theorists leverage fear & anger much more than scientists on social media. A few papers:



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Oct 11, 2022 • 8 tweets • 8 min read
📢NEW PAPER How persuasive is the scientific consensus on #climate? We track info diets over time post-exposure & find MOST durable effects among OPPOSITIONAL audiences. Consistent with Bayesian rather than motivated cognition

A 🧵on motivated reasoning

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00… We add to on-going debates by asking: for whom is the scientific consensus most effective? Going beyond liberal-cons we pre-screen according to nuanced prior attitudes, i.e., segmenting Global Warming's Six Americas. We find biggest updates amongst those most skeptical of GW! 2/x Image
Feb 7, 2022 • 13 tweets • 8 min read
New Letter out in @PsychScience with @STWorg. Great exchange with @PsySciLab & @AvStekelenburg on whether "scientific consensus" can correct influential misperceptions.

Paper: bit.ly/3gtgcaU

Some thoughts on what we've learned re accuracy & partisan motivations (1/13) First, let's trash the knowledge or "information-deficit" versus "social or political identity" distinction. We all agree this a false dilemma that gets us nowhere. Most information is imbued with social & cultural meanings. Though maybe not hard statistics? Think again (2/13)
May 12, 2021 • 4 tweets • 7 min read
🔔New study🔔We test “GoViral!” developed w/ @cabinetofficeuk w/support from @WHO & prebunking infographics from @UNESCO “in the wild”+RCT. We find people become more likely to spot COVID misinfo & report to share less, incl 1-week follow-up!

Open-access: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11… Image Amazing work from @roozenbot & @MlsaBsl with wonderful co-authors @berriche_manon @DrUenal @_WPM3_ & thanks to @wijzijnDROG @getbadnews @gusmandesign for co-developing the game!

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Apr 2, 2021 • 5 tweets • 4 min read
New paper "Political polarization on COVID-19 pandemic response in the United States" with the great @SciComGuy & @professorcostas. We find clear polarization on COVID-19 response from perceived risk to trust in experts to mask wearing (1/5).

sciencedirect.com/science/articl… Paper's finally out (data was collected under Trump). In two national samples we find clear evidence of ideological asymmetries. In Study 1 (exploratory), conservatives perceive less risk, trust #COVID experts less, & report fewer protective health behaviors (2/5)