The spread of online misinformation poses serious challenges to societies worldwide. In a novel attempt to address this issue, few researchers in collaboration with Cambridge University have designed a psychological intervention in the form of an online browser game.
In the game, players take on the role of a fake news producer and learn to master six documented techniques commonly used in the production of misinformation: polarisation, invoking emotions, spreading conspiracy theories, trolling people online, deflecting blame, and impersonating fake accounts.
The game draws on an inoculation metaphor, where preemptively exposing, warning, and familiarising people with the strategies used in the production of fake news helps confer cognitive immunity when exposed to real misinformation.
Play the game here - https://getbadnews.com/#intro
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