Hit Me with Your Best Shot: Populism, Fake News, and the Effectiveness of ‘Inoculation’ Messages

• In Event: Political Knowledge, Uncertainty, and Misperceptions

Brief Overview

Using pre-registered survey experiments in Spain, Portugal, India, and the United States -- countries with different levels of elite and mass populism -- we examine when and how misinformation can be effectively mitigated in the age of populism.

Authors

• Nina Wiesehomeier, IE University

• D.J. Flynn, IE University

• Gulizar Haciyakupoglu, Nanyang Technological University