Breaking Harmony Square: A game that “inoculates” against political misinformation

We present Harmony Square, a short, free-to-play online game in which players learn how political misinformation is produced and spread. We find that the game confers psychological resistance against manipulation techniques commonly used in political misinformation: players from around the world find social media content making use of these techniques significantly less reliable after playing, are more

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Technique-based inoculation against real-world misinformation

Towards psychological herd immunity: Cross-cultural evidence for two prebunking interventions against COVID-19 misinformation - Melisa Basol, Jon Roozenbeek, Manon Berriche, Fatih Uenal, William P. McClanahan, Sander van der Linden, 2021

Towards psychological herd immunity: Cross-cultural evidence for two prebunking interventions against COVID-19 misinformation - Melisa Basol, Jon Roozenbeek, Manon Berriche, Fatih Uenal, William P. McClanahan, Sander van der Linden, 2021

The (Mis)Information Game: A social media simulator

The psychological drivers of misinformation belief and its resistance to correction

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Online game teaches players to sniff out 'fake news' by encouraging them 'to be evil

Towards psychological herd immunity: Cross-cultural evidence for two prebunking interventions against COVID-19 misinformation - Melisa Basol, Jon Roozenbeek, Manon Berriche, Fatih Uenal, William P. McClanahan, Sander van der Linden, 2021

Technique-based inoculation against real-world misinformation

Vaccinating Against Bunk: Curbing Viral Misinformation – Association for Psychological Science – APS