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Psychology & interventionsDetection methods
The Science of MisinformationVan Bavel synthesizes research on misinformation psychology, spread mechanisms, and evidence-based interventions. Misinformation is a persistent global risk (World Economic Forum priority).
Psychology & interventionsDetection methods
Fact or Fake? The Psychology of MisinformationEcker presents an overview of misinformation psychology, covering definition, sources, behavioral impacts, and evidence-based interventions. He demonstrates that misinformation influences reasoning even after people receive corrections (the continued influence effect), and that corrections are only partially effective.
Deepfakes & multimodalPlatforms, policy & society
Digital Forensic Expert Breaks Down Political DeepfakesFarid surveys the state of deepfake technology in the 2024 election cycle, demonstrating how synthetic images, audio, and video are weaponized to manipulate voters through fake endorsements, false statements, and inauthentic imagery. He details forensic detection techniques—perspective geometry, shadow physics, lip-sync analysis—that…
Psychology & interventionsFact-checking & verification
Psychological Inoculation Against MisinformationSander van der Linden introduces psychological inoculation as a scalable alternative to fact-checking for building societal resistance to misinformation. Drawing on inoculation theory and his flagship intervention, the Bad News game, he demonstrates how preemptively exposing people to weakened examples of six core manipulation techniques…
Psychology & interventionsDetection methods
Prebunking Misinformation on Social MediaJon Roozenbeek presents the case for prebunking—teaching people to recognize manipulation tactics before encountering false claims—rather than relying on reactive debunking. Drawing on inoculation theory from the 1960s, he argues that manipulation techniques recur across misinformation campaigns: emotional exploitation, false…
Psychology & interventionsPlatforms, policy & society
Rumors, Truths, and Reality: Political Misinformation in the Modern DayAdam Berinsky surveys a decade of research on why Americans believe political rumors despite contradictory evidence. He identifies two key mechanisms: conspiratorial thinking (a personality trait that varies across individuals) and partisanship (which structures which rumors a person is likely to endorse).
Platforms, policy & societySpread & networks
How to Demolish the Disinformation InfrastructureKate Starbird, co-principal investigator at the University of Washington's Center for an Informed Public, discusses the state of disinformation in the aftermath of platform removals (Trump, QAnon), focusing on how moderation actions redirect harmful activity to alternative ("alt-tech") platforms rather than eliminating it. She emphasizes…
Psychology & interventionsDetection methods
The Continued Influence of MisinformationUllrich Ecker presents research on the continued influence effect—the phenomenon that misinformation continues to shape people's reasoning and memory even after they receive corrections and understand them. He examines four social factors that shape this effect: source credibility (trustworthiness matters more than expertise),…
Spread & networksPlatforms, policy & society
The Hype MachineA book talk by MIT's Sinan Aral on "The Hype Machine," which explores how social media simultaneously disrupts elections, the economy, and public health while offering tremendous potential for good. The presentation synthesizes 20 years of research on social media diffusion, arguing that misinformation spreads faster than truth because…
Spread & networksPlatforms, policy & society
Mis- and Disinformation During Crisis EventsKate Starbird, associate professor at UW's HCDE and co-founder of the Center for an Informed Public, discusses how misinformation and disinformation spread during crisis events, with case studies from the COVID-19 pandemic and 2020 election. She distinguishes between harmful misinformation (false but well-intentioned), disinformation…