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In some cases, the difference was substantial: education adverts using familiar language were clicked around five times more often than neutrally worded versions, even though both linked to the same reliable information.

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In some cases, the difference was substantial: education adverts using familiar language were clicked around five times more often than neutrally worded versions, even though both linked to the same reliable information.
New research by JooYoung Lee, Emily Booth and Marian-Andrei Rizoiuoiu tested whether factual information becomes more engaging when it is framed in language familiar to the communities it is trying to reach.
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MISINFORMATION: #ischemia director @mansmarlind.bsky.social warns of #RussianBots #HybridWarfare - however, which one of these is #misinformation, and which is FACT? 🤔
Star of teenie-bopper #horrorclassic Tormented Tuppence Middleton is a 33° Master Freemason, or founding member of Fabian Society⁉️🧐
AI is a marvelous tool, and it is very dangerous in the hands of a miscreant user. Those who profess hate and death are miscreants. They are using these tools skillfully.
dkotok.substack.com/p/hamas-and-...
#Hamas #October7 #Antisemitism #AI #Misinformation
#IgnoreTheAds! The falsehoods billionaires are mailing to #Ohio voters
A pro-Ramaswamy super PAC was caught pushing #misinformation.
“'Data-driven' economist says #breastfeeding doesn't matter.”
"Lactation consultants starve babies"
This is what #BreastfeedingDenialism looks like. Our new paper argues that addressing #misinformation and #CompassionateCare are NOT conflicting goals.
Fact Check: AI-Generated Video Misattributes Statement to Davao Mayor Duterte
🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
👥 Users: It's not clickbait ✅
#ai #factcheck #misinformation
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work with patients and their often understandable (even if based on #misinformation) to help get them the best care
work with patients & their values
when someone pushes back on recommended care due to #misinformation:
we might not be able to convince someone out of their #misinformation but we might be the first step on their path in the right direction
lots of challenges with #misinformation
My college Media teacher did a unit on Concentration of Ownership of the #Media. It seemed more theoretical than prophetic, but it was instructive. Now we have it, and by wealthy, #anti-democracy #Fascists.
#Politics #Propaganda #Democracy #History #Misinformation #FalseNarratives #FarRightAgenda
#Murdoch in America has a VERY different message on #InterestRates than Murdoch in Australia.
Weird, given Murdoch has big investments in #RealEstate websites in both the USA & Oz.
The key distinction: criticism isn't necessarily the problem. Hostility is.
If we want people to keep correcting misinformation, we need healthier online environments.
#ENCODE #Horizon #Project #Misinformation #SocialMedia #Research
Correcting misinformation takes more than knowing the facts.
New research finds that angry, high-arousal feedback increases emotional exhaustion—and exhaustion makes people more likely to avoid correcting misinformation in the future.
#ENCODE #Horizon #Project #Misinformation #SocialMedia #Research