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11 Oct 2020: We are aiming to pre-emptively debunk, or pre-bunk, misinformation by exposing people to a mild dose of the methods used to disseminate fake news.". ... By exposing people to the tactics behind fake news we can help create a general ‘inoculation’,

14 May 2020: It helps inoculate players against fake news and misinformation, including fake news about COVID-19. ... By actively exposing people to severely weakened doses of the tactics used to produce fake news, people gain psychological immunity (or mental

17 Dec 2020: From fake news to chaos! How bad are you? Take part in this online game where you play the role of propaganda producers to help you identify real world disinformation and ... increase your “psychological resistance” to fake news.

13 Feb 2020: Arundhati Roy’s Clark Lecture 2020. 13/02/2020. Arundhati Roy’s Clark Lecture 2020, ‘The Graveyard Talks Back: Fiction in the Time of Fake News,’ is published below. ... Read The Graveyard Talks Back-Fiction in the Time of Fake News.

20 Oct 2020: Connecting Education: Fake News, Science Teaching and Critical Literacy. The Inquiring Science Conference. ... Yet. the issue of fake news and access to large quantities of 24-hour information means that a high percentage.

17 Jan 2020: The hope with the game is that is acts like a ‘vaccine’, increasing scepticism of fake news by giving people a ‘weak dose’ of the methods behind disinformation. ... other areas) and this specific application for resilience against intentional

19 Nov 2020: 12 Ad HocSearch for a vaccine (against fake news too), the £10m challenge, looking beyond the pandemic, and more. ... Fake news can travel faster and lodge itself deeper than the truth,” says Dr Sander van der Linden, who leads the project at Cambridge

14 Oct 2020: The research reveals 'key predictors' for susceptibility to fake pandemic news, and finds that a small increase in the perceived reliability of conspiracies relates to a larger drop in the intention ... that helps 'inoculate' players against fake news by

19 Oct 2020: Churchill Fellows Dr Jon Roozenbeek and Dr Sander van der Linden are behind a new online game that puts players in the shoes of a purveyor of fake pandemic news. ... They also co-authored a study which shows that poor numerical literacy is linked to

6 Nov 2020: Twitter has started using a “pre-bunk” approach: highlighting types of fake news likely to be encountered in feeds during the US election. ... The game also reduced willingness to share fake news with others by 11%.

17 Sep 2020: The next day, the country entered phase 1 of lockdown. The government nudged to tackle fake news about the virus and to convince the population to strictly adhere to the rules, ... Email. I wish to receive a weekly Cambridge research news summary by email

23 Mar 2020: In an era of fake news that might help foster trust.”. ... Disinformation often appears definitive, and fake news plays on a sense of certainty,” he said.

9 Jan 2020: Research. Contaminating a fake rubber hand could help people overcome OCD, study suggests.. ... Instead, to the left of the partition they see a fake right hand.

18 Nov 2020: the methods used to disseminate fake news. ... If you have any news you would like to share, please get in touch by emailingFollow us:.

23 Nov 2020: 12 Ad HocSearch for a vaccine (against fake news too), the £10m challenge, looking beyond the pandemic, and more. ... Fake news can travel faster and lodge itself deeper than the truth,” says Dr Sander van der Linden, who leads the project at Cambridge

2 Jan 2020: They struggle to shape research questions, to critically appraise sources in an age of fake news, and to navigate original source material.

20 Oct 2020: recent years, with governments globally attempting to lessen the impact of fake news. ... online resources which aim to address the issue of disinformation and fake news.

9 Apr 2020: Dr van der Linden has also been speaking about the fake news surrounding how to protect against catching Covid-19, and Sir David continues to follow the lockdown and death rate ... If you have any news you would like to share, please get in touch by

28 Jan 2020: to-date news about all our activities and events. ... Holly offered positive reflections of SOC5, published on the CUQM website: https://www.cuqm.cshss.cam.ac.uk/news.

14 Feb 2020: It may be the earliest ever example of fake news.”. The Gilgamesh Flood story is known from clay tablets that date back around 3000 years. ... Trickster god’ used fake news in Babylonian Noah story. Heather Hancock appointed as Master.

31 Dec 2020: Scams increased by 400% over the month of March, making Covid-19 the largest ever security threat.5 Misinformation and fake news campaigns about the virus furthered the distrust in digital ... A Rutgers-led6 study found that online misinformation, or

31 Dec 2020: Scams increased by 400% over the month of March, making Covid-19 the largest ever security threat.5 Misinformation and fake news campaigns about the virus furthered the distrust in digital ... A Rutgers-led6 study found that online misinformation, or

26 May 2020: In an era of fake news where "A lie gets halfway around the world before truth puts on its boots", trailing a virus in its wake, those with expertise in environmental ... online] Mongabay Environmental News. Available at: < [Accessed 13 May 2020].

15 Jan 2020: Hall of Fame news 1. News from the Department 2. Company spotlight: lowRISC 4. ... Project that combats fake news wins ERC Grant. 10.

23 Jan 2020: I am talking here, in terms of stepping back from what you once described as part of a ‘blitzkrieg of idiocy’, the distraction of network news cycles, social media and the ... Arundhati Roy’s Clark Lecture 2020 is The Graveyard Talks

27 Apr 2020: News from the CollegeThe Interim Bursar, Dr David Secher On 2 March 2020, I gave a lecture at the King Fahd University of Petroleumand Mining (Saudi Arabia’s top research university) ... The idea that Spain was the first, or hardest, hitcountry was

15 Dec 2020: exposure to illegal, inappropriate, or harmful material (e.g. pornography, fake news, racist or radical extremist views).

1 Feb 2020: the context of predictive policing algorithms. With regards to algorithms being used to more effectively target news and advertising, the issue. ... influence the news and advertising that the public are able to see.

18 Dec 2020: The idea that Spain was the first, or hardest, hit country was fake news, but it nonetheless gave rise to the pandemic’s enduring nickname, “Spanish flu”. ... News from the College. Dr Marina Frasca-SpadaSenior Tutor. 21. ISSU. E N.

8 Jun 2020: 14Building Excitement. magdalene college university of cambridge. REGULARS3 New Fellows. 4–5 Fellows’ News.

3 Jul 2020: Q How can a journalist operate in a world where the term fake news has become a rallying cry? ... It’s challenging, but as a student of history (1991–1994) I am particularly conscious how fake news has always existed and been manipulated.

28 Aug 2020: a PhD at the University of Cambridge, He remains an academic ("because it's more fun than working"), doing research into email spam, fake bank "phishing" websites, and other Internet wickedness. ... The problems to which Socrates pointed are acute in an

28 Aug 2020: a PhD at the University of Cambridge, He remains an academic ("because it's more fun than working"), doing research into email spam, fake bank "phishing" websites, and other Internet wickedness. ... The problems to which Socrates pointed are acute in an

18 Dec 2020: The idea that Spain was the first, or hardest, hit country was fake news, but it nonetheless gave rise to the pandemic’s enduring nickname, “Spanish flu”. ... News from the College. Dr Marina Frasca-SpadaSenior Tutor. 21. ISSU. E N.

30 Nov 2020: Contents. 04–25New Fellows 26Fellows at Work 30Fellows’ News 34Emeritus Fellows 40New Publications by Members 41. ... STAFF NEWS. Phil Stigwood retires. For many years, the name Phil Stigwood has been synonymous with Wolfson College gardens.

3 Dec 2020: But this is more than about individuals. The concept of expertise itself is contestable and weaponised in the fake news world. ... Faisal Islam (1995, Economics) is the Economics Editor of BBC news.

28 Aug 2020: a PhD at the University of Cambridge, He remains an academic ("because it's more fun than working"), doing research into email spam, fake bank "phishing" websites, and other Internet wickedness. ... The problems to which Socrates pointed are acute in an

3 Dec 2020: But this is more than about individuals. The concept of expertise itself is contestable and weaponised in the fake news world. ... Faisal Islam (1995, Economics) is the Economics Editor of BBC news.

28 Aug 2020: a PhD at the University of Cambridge, He remains an academic ("because it's more fun than working"), doing research into email spam, fake bank "phishing" websites, and other Internet wickedness. ... The problems to which Socrates pointed are acute in an