‘Inoculations’ against racist misinformation: an Australian online test
Publications and resources
Professor Mansouri is pleased to share the publication of a new report and suite of resources based on research undertaken by The Centre for Resilient and Inclusive Societies
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About the Project
While online racism and online misinformation have clear connections, research in these two related areas have tended to remain separate. The current project begins to bridge this gap, by testing a new intervention approach to countering online misinformation that perpetuates racism. The study draws on both online misinformation studies and critical literacy perspectives, and generates new understandings of the effectiveness of existing interventions from these fields, for addressing racist misinformation.
Ultimately, the project findings indicate that in some cases, misinformation training may be more effective when it is contextualised within specific misinformation topics and narratives — including racist narratives. Significantly, this suggests that there may be important limitations to consider regarding ‘broad spectrum’ or generalisable approaches to ‘inoculation’ against misinformation.