Refuting misinformation: Examining theoretical underpinnings of refutational interventions

With the proliferation of misinformation have come toolkits that include refutation strategies to target the beliefs of individuals that can be employed preemptively (prebunking) or reactively (debunking). Whereas the theoretical lineage of prebunking is well established within the literature on ino...

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Published in:Current opinion in psychology 2024-04, Vol.56, p.101774, Article 101774
Main Authors: Amazeen, Michelle A., Krishna, Arunima
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Corrections
Debunking
Disinformation
Fact-checking
Inoculation theory
Knowledge revision
Misinformation
Narratives
Prebunking
Refutations
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Summary:With the proliferation of misinformation have come toolkits that include refutation strategies to target the beliefs of individuals that can be employed preemptively (prebunking) or reactively (debunking). Whereas the theoretical lineage of prebunking is well established within the literature on inoculation theory, the theoretical underpinning of debunking is not. Recent advances in inoculation theory include fostering resistance to a type of message rather than to the content of a message as well as application of messages in both prophylactic and therapeutic situations. Theoretically rooted within studies of conceptual change, fresh insights on debunking interventions derive from knowledge revision models, the Misinformation Receptivity Framework, as well as empirical evidence on the efficacy of narrative correctives and counters.
ISSN:2352-250X
2352-250X
DOI:10.1016/j.copsyc.2023.101774