Breaking Harmony Square: A game that “inoculates” against political misinformation
We present Harmony Square, a short, free-to-play online game in which players learn how political misinformation is produced and spread. We find that the game confers psychological resistance against manipulation techniques commonly used in political misinformation: players from around the world fin...
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| description | We present Harmony Square, a short, free-to-play online game in which players learn how political misinformation is produced and spread. We find that the game confers psychological resistance against manipulation techniques commonly used in political misinformation: players from around the world find social media content making use of these techniques significantly less reliable after playing, are more confident in their ability to spot such content, and less likely to report sharing it with others in their network. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-200fe75962824b1880815fdd5f36cc872022-12-21T23:10:41ZengHarvard Kennedy SchoolHarvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review2766-16522020-11-011810.37016/mr-2020-47Breaking Harmony Square: A game that “inoculates” against political misinformationJon Roozenbeek0Sander van der Linden1Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge, UKDepartment of Psychology, University of Cambridge, UKWe present Harmony Square, a short, free-to-play online game in which players learn how political misinformation is produced and spread. We find that the game confers psychological resistance against manipulation techniques commonly used in political misinformation: players from around the world find social media content making use of these techniques significantly less reliable after playing, are more confident in their ability to spot such content, and less likely to report sharing it with others in their network.https://misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/article/breaking-harmony-square-a-game-that-inoculates-against-political-misinformation/disinformationelectionsgamingpsychologysocial media |
| spellingShingle | Jon Roozenbeek Sander van der Linden Breaking Harmony Square: A game that “inoculates” against political misinformation Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review disinformation elections gaming psychology social media |
| title | Breaking Harmony Square: A game that “inoculates” against political misinformation |
| title_full | Breaking Harmony Square: A game that “inoculates” against political misinformation |
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| title_short | Breaking Harmony Square: A game that “inoculates” against political misinformation |
| title_sort | breaking harmony square a game that inoculates against political misinformation |
| topic | disinformation elections gaming psychology social media |
| url | https://misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/article/breaking-harmony-square-a-game-that-inoculates-against-political-misinformation/ |
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