The spread of misinformation poses a considerable threat to public health and the
successful management of a global pandemic. For example, studies find that exposure to …

Misinformation has been identified as a major contributor to various contentious
contemporary events ranging from elections and referenda to the response to the COVID-19 …

Much like a viral contagion, misinformation can spread rapidly from one individual to
another. Inoculation theory offers a logical basis for developing a psychological “vaccine” …

Misinformation about the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is a pressing societal challenge.
Across two studies, one preregistered (n1= 1771 and n2= 1777), we assess the efficacy of …

Developing effective interventions to counter misinformation is an urgent goal, but it also
presents conceptual, empirical, and practical difficulties, compounded by the fact that …

The spread of mis-and disinformation is an increasing concern for democratic societies
around the globe (Lazer et al., 2019). In modern high-choice media environments, exposure …

We synthesize evidence from 176 experimental estimates of 11 interventions intended to
combat misinformation in the Global North and Global South, which we classify as …

Inoculation theory is a theory of resistance to influence that builds on analogous
relationships with medical vaccination. In short: Exposure to weakened forms of challenges …

In recent years, numerous psychological interventions have been developed to reduce
susceptibility to misinformation. Inoculation theory has become an increasingly common …

Decades after the scientific debate about the anthropogenic causes of climate change was
settled, climate disinformation still challenges the scientific evidence in public discourse …