Sohan Dsouza

”Participants who took the Quiz reported significantly less confidence in their ability to identify false information online; however, those who took the Quiz significantly outperformed the control participants on accurately identifying Twitter profiles’ authenticity.”
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https://academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/article/2/4/pgad094/7083320

Spot the Troll Quiz game increases accuracy in discerning between real and inauthentic social media accounts

Abstract. The proliferation of political mis/disinformation on social media has led many scholars to embrace “inoculation” techniques, where individuals are tra

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