John Cook

Affiliation: Center for Climate Change Communication, Monash University (Melbourne)

Research on psychological inoculation against misinformation, particularly in climate change and science communication contexts; developer of inoculation-based interventions for reducing susceptibility to false claims.

Papers

• Lewandowsky, Ecker, Seifert, Schwarz & Cook (2012) — Misinformation and its correction: Continued influence and successful debiasing — foundational review of cognitive mechanisms underlying continued influence of misinformation and evidence-based debiasing strategies
• Cook, Lewandowsky & Ecker (2017) — Neutralizing misinformation through inoculation — empirical study demonstrating inoculation effectiveness against false-balance media and fake-expert arguments in climate change misinformation
• Ecker et al. (2022) — The psychological drivers of misinformation belief and its resistance to correction — review emphasizing prebunking and inoculation strategies