Sander van der Linden
@Sander_vdLinden
@Cambridge_Uni Psychology Professor. Author of FOOLPROOF: Why We Fall for Misinformation (2023) & The Psychology of Misinformation (2024).Paul Rudd Doppelganger
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Psychology Prof @NYUPsych | author of @PowerOfUsBook & newsletter (https://t.co/bG3QVlNURs) | Director of @vanbavellab | On sabbatical
Kristian Steensen Nielsen
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Stephan Lewandowsky
Prof Stephan Lewandowsky (University of Bristol). Research in misinformation. Australian, British, European, rootless cosmopolitan. also @[email protected]
David G. Rand
Prof @MIT working on misinformation/fake news, social media, intuition vs deliberation, cooperation, politics, religion (he/him)
Gordon Pennycook
Associate Prof @Cornell (formerly @UWaterloo/@Yale/@Hill_Levene). Reasoning, beliefs, misinfo, BS, etc. Peddler of gifs, polls. Dad. he/him
📢Excited to share our new paper in Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review with Jon Roozenbeek & Sander van der Linden📢 We explore the effectiveness of gamified #inoculation in reducing susceptibility to #misinformation from politically congenial outlets🎮
misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/article/gamifi…
It so happens that Cailin O'Connor & Jim Weatherall wrote a book with that very title - might have some useful insights to consider!
The The New Yorker worries that social media platforms get too much blame for the spread of misinformation. I beg to differ: bhr.stern.nyu.edu/quick-take/the…
When we see or hear something repeatedly, we are more likely to believe it's true. This makes us susceptible to believing, acting on, and spreading misinformation, explains Sander van der Linden.
#facts #truth #psychology #science
The persuasive effects of social cues and source effects on misinformation susceptibility, from Cecilie Traberg (@cecilietraberg.bsky.social), trisha harjani, Jon Roozenbeek, and Sander van der Linden
nature.com/articles/s4159…
Could loneliness lead to conspiracy beliefs? Our new study published in Nature Communications reveals that those experiencing loneliness in adolescence and who remain lonely into adulthood are more likely to endorse conspiracist worldviews. 🧵 1/ nature.com/articles/s4146…
🚨 Good analysis & resource! 🚨
Beyond #misinformation : developing a public health prevention framework thelancet.com/journals/lanpu…
Needed: Media literacy, prebunks, debunks, community listenting, etc.
Also KEY: '...the generation of high-quality scientific evidence that is easily…
With all the dog talk recently, thanks to one maybe-Trump VP, I would LOVE to bring up my favorite study I've come across in my literature review that shows 2 of the Twitter accounts most tied to vaccine confidence were Thoughts of Dog and WeRateDogs. 15/10 puplic health heroes.
Very happy to have contributed to this note in various ways, including as reviewer. Sander van der Linden Laura Smillie 😷🇺🇦 David Mair @DavidMair4.bsky.social Jason Reifler
Need a voice of reason, a bastion of civility, other cool stuff to read this weekend? Stop in at The Integrity Project and read from experts like Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD Marianna Spring Richard Stengel Kara Swisher Jeff Horwitz Barb McQuade Roger McNamee Sander van der Linden tipaz.org
Tired of blatant misinformation in the media? This video game can help you and your family fight fake news!
#fakenews #misinformation
businessinsider.in/politics/news/…
By Ankush Banerjee
“While using ™️MeResearch if any person tells you your information is wrong or false, MeResearch provides you with airtight, original comebacks like, why do you hate free speech?
OMG Love This 🤣
Great #inoculation !