Part 2 of the Science of Cranky Uncle looks at research into how inoculation theory offers an approach for building public resilience against misinformation.
Part 2 of the Science of Cranky Uncle looks at research into how inoculation theory offers an approach for building public resilience against misinformation.
Tina Baumgartner
Fascinating research and very useful! Thank you very much!
truthseeker0000
I really liked the video. The part about logic based inoculation acting as a universal vaccine really gave me a lot of hope. I would rather people use inoculation theory than simply insult a climate change denier which is often.
I have some questions. If I am online and the proverbial cranky uncle makes a weak argument like it is cold, climate change does not exist and I see this person insulted by a group of people what should I do?
Finally, what are the limits of inoculation theory? For example “Just twelve anti-vaxxers are responsible for almost two-thirds of anti-vaccine content circulating on social media platforms.”
When I encourage strong believers in climate change to use inoculation theory to prebunk and debunk they often refer to the above quote and say it simply takes too much time explaining about gish gallop and closed groups. That we should hold corporations responsible including social media companies. If the group is paranoid they may even think I am secretly a science denier when I mention inoculation theory.
I really like inoculation theory, I find it fun to slowly find all the logical fallacies similar to a crossword puzzle. I also really like the crankyuncle website, having trouble getting the game to load in firefox.
https://www.counterhate.com/disinformationdozen
Nick Cook
Does it work on anti-vaxers 🙂