Shots and Boosters: Exploring the Use of Combined Prebunking Interventions to Raise Critical Thinking and Create Long-Term Protection Against Misinformation

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Auteurs principaux: Tang, Huiyun, Sergeeva, Anastasia
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author Tang, Huiyun
Sergeeva, Anastasia
author_facet Tang, Huiyun
Sergeeva, Anastasia
contents The problem of how to effectively mitigate the flow of misinformation remains a significant challenge. The classical approach to this is public disapproval of claims or "debunking." The approach is still widely used on social media, but it has some severe limitations in terms of applicability and efficiency. An alternative strategy is to enhance individuals' critical thinking through educational interventions. Instead of merely disproving misinformation, these approaches aim to strengthen users' reasoning skills, enabling them to evaluate and reject false information independently. In this position paper, we explore a combination of intervention methods designed to improve critical thinking in the context of online media consumption. We highlight the role of AI in supporting different stages of these interventions and present a design concept that integrates AI-driven strategies to foster critical reasoning and media literacy.
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spellingShingle Shots and Boosters: Exploring the Use of Combined Prebunking Interventions to Raise Critical Thinking and Create Long-Term Protection Against Misinformation
Tang, Huiyun
Sergeeva, Anastasia
Human-Computer Interaction
The problem of how to effectively mitigate the flow of misinformation remains a significant challenge. The classical approach to this is public disapproval of claims or "debunking." The approach is still widely used on social media, but it has some severe limitations in terms of applicability and efficiency. An alternative strategy is to enhance individuals' critical thinking through educational interventions. Instead of merely disproving misinformation, these approaches aim to strengthen users' reasoning skills, enabling them to evaluate and reject false information independently. In this position paper, we explore a combination of intervention methods designed to improve critical thinking in the context of online media consumption. We highlight the role of AI in supporting different stages of these interventions and present a design concept that integrates AI-driven strategies to foster critical reasoning and media literacy.
title Shots and Boosters: Exploring the Use of Combined Prebunking Interventions to Raise Critical Thinking and Create Long-Term Protection Against Misinformation
topic Human-Computer Interaction
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.07486