Briony Swire-Thompson
@brionyswire.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor at Northeastern University, Psychology of Misinformation Lab
The truth sandwich is baloney! New paper out. We show that the “truth sandwich” correction format (in which false information is bookended by factual information) does not enhance corrections.
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APA PsycNet
https://psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/2026-40110-001.html
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Corrections *are* effective and how we measure their impact matters
add a skeleton here at some point
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Ullrich Ecker
5 months ago
Very excited to see this out today - led by the fabulous
@emilyspearing.bsky.social
@lewan.bsky.social
@brionyswire.bsky.social
@tobyprike.bsky.social
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
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Countering AI-generated misinformation with pre-emptive source discreditation and debunking | Royal Society Open Science
Despite widespread concerns over AI-generated misinformation, its impact on people’s reasoning and the effectiveness of countermeasures remain unclear. This study examined whether a pre-emptive, sourc...
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.242148
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Lisa Fazio
6 months ago
So your research area has been politicized and your federal funding cancelled, what now? I try to give some answers in this opinion piece for
@nature.com
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www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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When the government cancels your research grant, here’s what you can do
The mass cancellation of US federal grants marks yet another escalation in political interference in science, but there are ways to keep crucial research going.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-01547-5
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Renée DiResta talking on "Invisible Rulers: The People Who Turn Lies Into Reality" at the Harvard / Northeastern Misinformation Speaker Series at 11.30am EST today.
www.networkscienceinstitute.org/talks/renee-...
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Talks at NetSI | Renée DiResta
Invisible Rulers: The People Who Turn Lies Into Reality
https://www.networkscienceinstitute.org/talks/renee-diresta
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Kai Kupferschmidt
6 months ago
Terminating the grants to study misinformation is “an overt act of censoring and preventing accountability,” says Stephen Lewandowsky, a misinformation researcher at the University of Bristol. “Who other than a liar would cancel misinformation research?” 🧪
www.science.org/content/arti...
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Trump’s team, often accused of spreading misinformation, slashes misinformation research
Hundreds of grants axed in a field where the United States was a global leader
https://www.science.org/content/article/trump-s-team-often-accused-spreading-misinformation-slashes-misinformation-research
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Skyler Johnson talking on "Combating cancer misinformation: impacts, challenges and opportunities" at the Harvard / Northeastern Misinformation Speaker Series at 3pm EST today!
shorensteincenter.org/new-event/co...
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Combating Cancer Misinformation: Impacts, challenges and opportunities | Shorenstein Center
Join Skyler Johnson for an event that will empower participants with the knowledge and tools needed to address impacts, challenges and opportunities of cancer misinformation.
https://shorensteincenter.org/new-event/combating-cancer-misinformation-impacts-challenges-opportunities/
7 months ago
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Ullrich Ecker
over 1 year ago
Our review paper “Toolbox of individual-level interventions against online misinformation” is out today in Nature Human Behaviour! Truly a team effort by an international group of experts, led by the amazing Anastasia Kozyreva.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Toolbox of individual-level interventions against online misinformation - Nature Human Behaviour
Kozyreva et al. review evidence from individual-level interventions for fighting online misinformation featured in 81 scientific papers. They classify the interventions in nine different types and sum...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-024-01881-0
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Ullrich Ecker
over 1 year ago
I am advertising a postdoc position to work on a cognitive psych project on misinformation 👇 Please share!
external.jobs.uwa.edu.au/cw/en/job/51...
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Prospective staff : Jobs at UWA : The University of Western Australia
https://external.jobs.uwa.edu.au/cw/en/job/517269
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David Lazer
over 1 year ago
For data scientists and data engineers interested in democracy, please see positions posted at Northeastern for positions at the Internet Democracy Initiative (please reshare):
northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/careers/job/...
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Hi all, I'm hiring a new research assistant, please share with anyone who might be interested - thanks!
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over 1 year ago
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Lisa Fazio
over 1 year ago
Catch me next Wed March 6th at the Harvard/Northeastern Misinformation Speaker Series (live & on zoom) for the public reveal of the results from our large collaborative megastudy testing nine misinformation interventions
@dgrand.bsky.social
@lewan.bsky.social
shorensteincenter.org/new-event/mi...
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Misinformation: Why is it a problem and what can we do about it? | Shorenstein Center
This event is part of the Speaker Series on Misinformation, co-sponsored by the Shorenstein Center for Media, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard's Kennedy School and the NULab at Northeastern Unive...
https://shorensteincenter.org/new-event/misinformation-problem-can/
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Lisa Fazio
almost 2 years ago
Check out the special issue on Psych of Misinformation that you're in! Most of the articles are published now and they're both short and for a broad audience.
www.sciencedirect.com/journal/curr...
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Current Opinion in Psychology | The Psychology of Misinformation 2024 | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevie...
With many of humanity's most dire challenges, the spread of misinformation is a problem that we have created for ourselves. Suitably, effective solutions to this problem require an understanding of th...
https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/current-opinion-in-psychology/special-issue/10XFDXCG968
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Nir Grinberg
almost 2 years ago
🚨New paper🚨 out in the International Journal of Press/Politics w/ Assaf Shamir and
@jenny-oser.bsky.social
🎉 Here's what we learned from studying the composition of political content available to 600k+ registered U.S. voters on Twitter during the 2020 election.
doi.org/10.1177/1940...
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Brendan Nyhan
almost 2 years ago
New: Fact-check of 2022 AZ fraud claims reduces false beliefs but no effect on general fraud/election beliefs
sites.dartmouth.edu/nyhan/files/...
(with Carey, Fogarty, Reifler, and great D students) Raises questions about effectiveness of case-by-case corrections at countering broader false claims
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megan peters đź§
about 2 years ago
just SEVEN DAYS LEFT to apply to work as a postdoc with us on fmri decoding, consciousness, higher order theories, and more! big collaboration with
@jorge-morales.bsky.social
& Rachel Denison among others. please apply!
faculty.sites.uci.edu/cnclab/job-o...
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job openings | cognitive & neural computation lab
https://faculty.sites.uci.edu/cnclab/job-openings/
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