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Researchers are trying to boost people’s immunity to fake news using online games and other strategies. Can these efforts protect the wider population against disinformation?
Plus: How news organizations work to repair their histories of racism, media criticism on TikTok, and what news consumers think about fact-checking
“We have observed a broad spectrum of behaviors mixing the characteristics of bots and people.”
A body of research shows that stronger, not weaker, moderation of the information ecosystem is what’s needed to combat harmful misinformation.
What could journalists and social scientists shed light on if they had a better view of the digital world?
“If you are surrounded on all sides by information that seems to confirm this particular belief that you have, and every time you search for something you get information that confirms your beliefs, it would actually be illogical for you to say, ‘You know what, I reject this.'”
Plus: Why judges’ definitions of journalism matter, and how forgiveness offers a new way to think about news errors.
OpenMind Magazine launched just a month ago, with a goal of “tackling science controversies and deceptions.”
“Our finding is that there’s no relationship.”
Plus: Blocked by the Kremlin, the largest remaining independent news site in Russia is turning to an international audience for help.