ArticleCognitive research: principles and implications2021
Inoculating against the spread of Islamophobic and radical-Islamist disinformation.
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Psychological Inoculation for Credibility Assessment, Sharing Intention, and Discernment of Misinformation: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Pooled it
- PROTOCOL: Interventions Targeting Misinformation, Disinformation and Malinformation for Reducing and Countering Violent Extremism: A Systematic Review.Campbell systematic reviews · 2026Review
- Misinformation interventions and online sharing behaviour: lessons learned from two pre-registered field studies.Royal Society open science · 2025Article
- Psychological booster shots targeting memory increase long-term resistance against misinformation.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Inoculation reduces social media engagement with affectively polarized content in the UK and US.Communications psychology · 2025Article
- Inoculation and accuracy prompting increase accuracy discernment in combination but not alone.Nature human behaviour · 2024Article
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- Effective mitigation of the belief perseverance bias after the retraction of misinformation: Awareness training and counter-speech.PloS one · 2023Article
- Public policy and conspiracies: The case of mandates.Current opinion in psychology · 2022Review
- Psychological inoculation improves resilience against misinformation on social media.Science advances · 2022Article
- Testing the Efficacy of Attitudinal Inoculation Videos to Enhance COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance: Quasi-Experimental Intervention Trial.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2022Article
- Technique-based inoculation against real-world misinformation.Royal Society open science · 2022Article
- Systematic review: YouTube recommendations and problematic content.Internet policy review · 2022Article
- Knowing Well, Being Well: well-being born of understanding: The Urgent Need for Coordinated and Comprehensive Efforts to Combat Misinformation.American journal of health promotion : AJHP · 2022Article
- Psychological interventions countering misinformation in social media: A scoping review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
- Using psychological science to understand and fight health misinformation: An APA consensus statement.The American psychologistReview
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Abstract
We report the results of a preregistered study that tested the effectiveness of inoculating participants against Islamophobic and radical-Islamist disinformation. Participants in the experimental (inoculation) condition watched a video that explained common rhetorical markers of radical-Islamist and Islamophobic disinformation that had been identified in an analysis of YouTube content. The information was presented in a neutral context not involving Islam and focused on analysis of the misleading argumentation. The control group watched a video about an unrelated topic. Participants were then exposed to target videos with "gateway" content that constituted an entry point to potential Islamist or Islamophobic radicalization. Both videos contained numerous items of disinformation. Participants then answered a variety of questions such as how likely they were to share the video, their level of agreement, and their perceived accuracy of the video. Participants who had received the inoculation displayed less agreement with the video content, perceived the video as less reliable, and were less likely to share it in comparison with participants in the control group. The study provides support for the use of argument-based inoculation in combatting extremist messages.
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