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Preface
Diana Daly
Introduction
Information Literacy
Kainan Jarrette and Nina Kotova
Debunking and Prebunking: An Overview
Inoculation Theory
Verification and Fact-Checking
Content Moderation
Bot Detection
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Coronavirus, ‘Plandemic’ and the seven traits of conspiratorial thinking (Cook et al, 2020)
Disinformation campaigns are murky blends of truth, lies and sincere beliefs – lessons from the pandemic (Starbird, 2020)
We are all propagandists now (Mercieca, 2021)
It’s not just a social media problem – how search engines spread misinformation (Shah, 2021)
When critical thinking isn’t enough: to beat information overload, we need to learn ‘critical ignoring’ (Hertwig et al, 2023)
7 ways to avoid becoming a misinformation superspreader when the news is shocking (Sinclair, 2024)
Misinformation lends itself to social contagion – here’s how to recognize and combat it (Lahiri, 2025)
Liar's Landscape Game
Kainan Jarrette
In this section, we learn about interventions to help combat misinformation and disinformation.
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