Media coverage of science can be improved by small doses of training, according to a study. A 7-minute video covering sources of funding, sample composition, statistics, causal interpretations, and graphs improved the accuracy of headlines. In PNAS Nexus: https://ow.ly/uZLm50YTyuk

Our study on journalistic science literacy is now out in PNAS Nexus:

🎙️🆕 #Podcast „ZEW Wirklich Wirtschaft“ Clickbait & Hate Speech: Warum werden Überschriften immer extremer und was macht das mit Nutzer/-innen? Im Podcast diskutieren #ZEW -Ökonomin Raphaela Andres & @laraberger.bsky.social über Regulierung, NetzDG & Gegenstrategien. ➡️https://zew.de/AM10302/?twt=1

Just published in @jpube.bsky.social: "Debunking “fake news” on social media: Immediate and short-term effects of fact-checking and media literacy interventions" By @laraberger.bsky.social, Anna Kerkhof, Felix Mindl, & Johannes Münster www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #econsky

Excited to share that our new paper: “Debunking ‘fake news’ on social media: Immediate and short-term effects of fact-checking & media literacy” (w/ Anna Kerkhof, Felix Mindl & Johannes Münster) is now forthcoming in Journal of Public Economics. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Die Ökonominnen @raphaelaandres.bsky.social und @laraberger.bsky.social suchen und finden im aktuellen Wirtschaftsdienst Antworten auf die Frage, was Gesellschaft und Politik gegen #Hassrede und #Falschinformationen tun kann ⤵️ www.wirtschaftsdienst.eu/inhalt/jahr/...

TOMORROW (19 March): AYEW Narrative Economics Workshop! Join us at 7:00pm AEDT / 8:00am GMT to listen to Hanh My Le(@tubraunschweig.bsky.social), Hao Geng(Chinese University of Hong Kong), @laraberger.bsky.social(@unicologne.bsky.social), @prashantgarg.bsky.social(@imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social)