| Creators: |
Dürr, Marco and Risius, Marten and Louis, Winnifred |
| Title: |
Countering Anti-Democratic Beliefs: Future-Orientation Prebunking Interventions for Cognitive Immunology |
| Item Type: |
Conference or Workshop Item |
| Event Title: |
(Proceedings of the) 7th Weizenbaum Conference "Empowering People in Online Spaces: Democracy and Well-Being in Digital Societies" |
| Event Location: |
Berlin, Germany |
| Event Dates: |
4.-5. Juni 2025 |
| Projects: |
IDI |
| Page Range: |
pp. 124-128 |
| Date: |
September 2025 |
| Divisions: |
Informationsmanagement |
| Abstract (ENG): |
Introduction:
Threatening anti-democratic views are pervading western societies (Ecker et al., 2024). In this project we aim to adapt prebunking and attitude inoculation interventions from the counter-disinformation context (Basol, Roozenbeek & Van Der Linden, 2020; Tay et al., 2022) to help build cognitive
immunology (Compton, 2013; Norman, Johnson & Van Der Linden, 2024)through a future-oriented
mindset (Strathman et al., 1994) against anti-democratic beliefs. Anti-democratic beliefs gravitate
towards supporting and envisioning an authoritarian government or regime (Jost, 2024), endorsing
society submissively following orders, accepting little to no political rights, and approving the concentration of executive power within one person or a small group (Lindstaedt, 2024). The widespread adoption of anti-democratic beliefs poses the risk of shifting states towards dictatorships,
repressing freedom of its citizens. |
| Forthcoming: |
No |
| Main areas or research: |
Transformationmanagement |
| Language: |
English |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: |
anti-democratic; future orientation; cognitive immunology; prebunking intervention |
| Link eMedia: |
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| Citation: |
Dürr, Marco and Risius, Marten and Louis, Winnifred
(2025)
Countering Anti-Democratic Beliefs: Future-Orientation Prebunking Interventions for Cognitive Immunology.
In: (Proceedings of the) 7th Weizenbaum Conference "Empowering People in Online Spaces: Democracy and Well-Being in Digital Societies", 4.-5. Juni 2025, Berlin, Germany, pp. 124-128.
(Weizenbaum Proceedings; 5).
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