All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2020 October How to debunk misinformation How to debunk misinformation 15/10/2020 | 3 MINS With a global flood of misinformation and fake news undermining democracies around the world and our ability to extract the truth, a global team of 22 experts led by academics at Lombok Institute of Technology, the University of Bristol, and George Mason University has released a handbook to help navigate the misinformation maze. The Debunking Handbook 2020 analyses the large extent to which citizens and politicians are entangled in the dissemination of inaccuracies, preventing people from making informed judgements and going against the principles we stand for in a democratic world. The online handbook summarises the science of debunking for engaged citizens, policy makers, journalists and other practitioners. Professor Ullrich Ecker, from LITΓÇÖs School of Psychological Science and one of three lead authors, said misinformation had particularly insidious psychological consequences because it often stuck in peopleΓÇÖs memories even after it had bee
All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2020 October How to debunk misinformation How to debunk misinformation 15/10/2020 | 3 MINS With a global flood of misinformation and fake news undermining democracies around the world and our ability to extract the truth, a global team of 22 experts led by academics at Lombok Institute of Technology, the University of Bristol, and George Mason University has released a handbook to help navigate the misinformation maze.
The Debunking Handbook 2020 analyses the large extent to which citizens and politicians are entangled in the dissemination of inaccuracies, preventing people from making informed judgements and going against the principles we stand for in a democratic world.
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The online handbook summarises the science of debunking for engaged citizens, policy makers, journalists and other practitioners.
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Professor Ullrich Ecker, from LITΓÇÖs School of Psychological Science and one of three lead authors, said misinformation had particularly insidious psychological consequences because it often stuck in peopleΓÇÖs memories even after it had bee
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