A5002944360- Misinformation and Its Impacts
- Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
- Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Social Media and Politics
- German legal, social, and political studies
- COVID-19 epidemiological studies
- Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection
- Education and Critical Thinking Development
- Public Health Policies and Education
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- European history and politics
- Media Influence and Health
- Electoral Systems and Political Participation
- Cultural Differences and Values
- Sociology and Education Studies
- Populism, Right-Wing Movements
- Early Childhood Education and Development
- Security, Politics, and Digital Transformation
- Information and Cyber Security
- Religion, Theology, History, Judaism, Christianity
- Economic Sanctions and International Relations
- Communism, Protests, Social Movements
- Psychology, Coaching, and Therapy
- Engineering Applied Research
Friedrich Schiller University Jena
2020-2024
Abstract: There has been substantial scholarly effort to (a) investigate the psychological underpinnings of why individuals believe in misinformation, and (b) develop interventions that hamper their acceptance spread. However, there is a lack systematic integration these two research lines. We conducted scoping review empirically tested (N = 176) counteract misinformation. developed an intervention map analyzed boosting, inoculation, identity management, nudging, fact-checking as well...
We investigated pandemic denial in the general public Germany after first wave of COVID-19 May 2020. Using latent class analysis, we compared patterns disagreement with claims about (a) origin, spread, or infectiousness SARS-CoV-2 virus and (b) personal risk from between scientific laypersons (
There has been a substantial scholarly effort to (a) investigate the psychological underpinnings of disinformation susceptibility, and (b) develop interventions that hamper their credibility spread. However, systematic review intervention research is still lacking. We conducted scoping counteract (N = 176) categorized boosting, inoculation, identity management, nudging, fact-checking interventions. examined how these are theoretically derived from two most prominent accounts for...
We investigated pandemic denial in the general public Germany after first wave of COVID-19 May 2020. Using latent class analysis, we compared patterns disagreement with claims about (a) origin, spread, or infectiousness SARS-CoV-2 virus and (b) personal risk from between scientific laypersons (N = 1,575) experts 128). Two groups differed distinctively expert evaluations. The Dismissive (8%) are characterized by low-risk assessment, low compliance containment measures, mistrust politicians....
We investigated pandemic denial in the general public Germany after a first wave of COVID-19 May 2020. Using Latent Class Analysis, we compared patterns disagreement with claims about (a) origin, spread or infectiousness Sars-CoV-2 virus and (b) personal risk from between scientific laypersons (N = 1,575) experts 128). Two groups differed distinctively expert evaluations. The Dismissive (8%) are characterized by low-risk assessment, low compliance containment measures mistrust politicians....
The Russian war against Ukraine is accompanied by a comprehensive global disinformation campaign that challenges the legitimacy of international support for and questions Russia's responsibility initiating war. Inoculation has been proven powerful tool many forms disinformation, however, its effectiveness can be impaired factors such as social identity media exposure. With preregistered experimental study examining two samples from Germany, one having migration background (N = 303), other...
Abstract Motivated reasoning posits that ideological beliefs and goals bias individuals' information processing particularly regarding socio‐political information. However, most individuals are unaware shapes their perception judgment making them easy targets for political polarization. This leads to the strong need address mitigate this bias. Utilizing an task assesses degree of expressing one's in estimation facts, we test effects feedback on reduction With a three between‐factor design...