Joe Bak-Coleman

Sep 24, 2024 | joebakcoleman.com | Joe Bak-Coleman

I did not want to write this blog post. I hate when science gets resolved by blog and thread. This is why I emailed the authors in November of last year. I shared very detailed concerns and offered to walk them through those concerns so they could retract on their own terms. They declined. Instead, I got the runaround familiar to anyone asking for data available upon request. This was frustrating but not yet alarming.

May 12, 2024 | nature.com | Anastasia Kozyreva |Philipp Lorenz-Spreen |Stefan M. Herzog |Stephan Lewandowsky |Ralph Hertwig |Joe Bak-Coleman | +17 more

AbstractThe spread of misinformation through media and social networks threatens many aspects of society, including public health and the state of democracies. One approach to mitigating the effect of misinformation focuses on individual-level interventions, equipping policymakers and the public with essential tools to curb the spread and influence of falsehoods. Here we introduce a toolbox of individual-level interventions for reducing harm from online misinformation.