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World-class researchers dedicated to understanding infodemics & developing new methodologies to address misinformation & promote healthy information ecosystems.
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Is social media making the spread of climate misinformation worse? New commentary by Max Falkenberg & Andrea Baronchelli from Anna & The Alan Turing Institute lse.ac.uk/granthaminstit…
"Stoking fear. Blaming scapegoats. Exaggerating partisan grievances. Sowing doubts about scientific consensus... Can people be immunized against #disinformation?" #Prebunking #medialiteracy Cambridge University CSDMLab Harvard EPREP Jigsaw & others aamc.org/news-insights/…
The latest On Media Literacy paper.li/splankit/14803… Thanks to IRIS Academic Research Group Razan BN. Big Deal Media #medialiteracy #k12
The Misinformation Susceptibility test paper (led by Rakoen Maertens et al) is now updated. Rakoen shows the team (w/ Sander van der Linden) generated 100+ items of real and fake news headlines. We used EGA to investigate the structure of the instrument (1/n) psyarxiv.com/gk68h/
📢New podcast📢 Have you noticed more climate denial on Twitter? Experts say online scepticism has been increasing steadily since the 2019 Climate Strikes. Bertie Harrison-Broninski (@bertiehb.bsky.social) talks to Max Falkenberg and Andrea Baronchelli of Anna IRIS Academic Research Group The Alan Turing Institute buzzsprout.com/1695859/119913…
🗓️NEXT FRIDAY - FREE ONLINE EVENT Marco Delmastro Centro Ricerche Enrico Fermi, a social scientist working with IRIS Academic Research Group and Unive Ca' Foscari on their #Infodemic research will be joining other expert panellists to talk about the threats posed by #misinformation to #democracy European Commission
How do we fight the spread of climate misinformation?🌍💬 Ed Miliband & Geoff Lloyd talk to: 📣Jennie King (jkingy.bsky.social), Climate Research Institute for Strategic Dialogue 🧠Sander van der Linden, Professor Cambridge University 🗞Sean Buchan, Director StopFundingHeat 🎧 pod.fo/e/15d91e
Our brains do amazing things, but they also make us vulnerable to falsehoods. Why? Join an expert panel that includes NLP's Peter Adams, & authors Dr. Seema Yasmin is barely on here & Sander van der Linden on Jan. 26 to learn how to protect yourself. FREE event with American Psychological Association: bit.ly/NNLW23apa
and if you are nearby come to celebrate the launch of Sander van der Linden new book #Foolproof
Registration OPEN for TODAY'S SESSION The News Literacy Project with Sander van der Linden Your brain and misinformation: Why people believe lies and conspiracy theories — News Literacy Project newslit.org/updates/your-b…
🚨 There are many reasons people fall into conspiratorial thinking ⤵️. Knowing how to spot #misinformation can help you avoid going down the rabbit hole. Tips & tools ➡️ NewsLiteracyWeek.org #NewsLiteracyWeek The E.W. Scripps Co.
In case you missed the discussion with Sander van der Linden you can view the recording of the event here : youtube.com/watch?v=-Eltch…
Professor Sander van der Linden will be one of the speakers at the Cambridge Disinformation Summit, 27-28 July 2023. For ONLINE LIVEFEED registration: onlinesales.admin.cam.ac.uk/conferences-an…
Sander van der Linden Marianna Spring David Spiegelhalter 4th Estate Books HarperCollinsUK HarperReach Heffers Bookshop Churchill College Dept of Psychology Cambridge University IRIS Academic Research Group See Sander live in Cambridge at the end of this month...
🚨 Twitter: Climate scepticism is growing four times as fast as pro-climate content. Read the findings of the new study published in Nature Climate Change, carried out in participation with CMCC@Ca’Foscari. 👉 ow.ly/x8lE50MXoAm Unive Ca' Foscari Francesca Larosa Andrea Baronchelli
#MentalHealth, misinformation, & "inoculating" techniques to reduce #vaccinehesitancy & increase resistance to vaccine #misinformation among those experiencing #anxiety and #depression - new $3.3 million NIMH grant @Rpiltchloeb Harvard EPREP eurekalert.org/news-releases/…
On this week's Nature Podcast: Sander van der Linden discuss his new book Foolproof, which focuses on misinformation and what can be done to prevent people being duped go.nature.com/409UQUh