Month: March 2022
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Debunking and Pre-bunking: A brief overview of the application of Inoculation Theory to combat misinformation
Inoculation Theory postulates that attitudes can be inoculated against persuasive attacks by building the ‘cognitive immune system’, the same way that one can build biological immunity. Similarly to a biological vaccination, this psychological vaccination can be brought about by exposing individuals to a persuasive message that contains weakened versions of the argument.