Misinformation Lends Itself to Social Contagion. Here's How to Recognize and Combat It
MALAYSIAN PENINSULA TOWN OF KETEREH, JUL 7 – Experts highlight misinformation as a social contagion and endorse pre-bunking and resistance training to protect adolescents, citing research from University of Cambridge and BBC Media Action.
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Misinformation lends itself to social contagion. Here's how to recognize and combat it
In 2019, a rare and shocking event in the Malaysian peninsula town of Ketereh grabbed international headlines. Nearly 40 girls age 12 to 18 from a religious school had been screaming inconsolably, claiming to have seen a "face of pure evil," complete with images of blood and gore.
PressGazette: Former Newsnight presenter warns of misinformation deluge
PressGazette: Former Newsnight presenter warns of misinformation deluge. “Society is being ‘deluged by misinformation’, according to former BBC Newsnight presenter Gavin Esler. Speaking at the University of Leeds, where Esler studied for his MA, he said the ‘toleration of lying’ has resulted in society being ‘deluged by misinformation, disinformation, deliberate falsehoods, deceit and mendacity.'”The post PressGazette: Former Newsnight presenter…
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