| Creators: |
Dürr, Marco and Risius, Marten and Louis, Winnifred |
| Title: |
Countering Anti-Democratic Content on Social Media: Employing a Future-Oriented Prebunking Intervention |
| Item Type: |
Conference or Workshop Item |
| Event Title: |
(Proceedings of the) 20th International Conference on Wirtschaftsinformatik (WI25) |
| Event Location: |
Münster, Germany |
| Event Dates: |
13.-17. September 2025 |
| Projects: |
IDI |
| Date: |
September 2025 |
| Divisions: |
Informationsmanagement |
| Abstract (ENG): |
Anti-democratic attitudes threaten the stability of Western societies. A main driver for the proliferation of these attitudes is anti-democratic fringe content on social media. This project draws on the concept of attitude inoculation to propose a prebunking intervention adapted from the disinformation context to counter the propagation of anti-democratic social media content. Attitude inoculation leverages the mental immune system, conferring resistance to individuals against persuasion from anti-democratic content. The effectiveness of the developed intervention will be evaluated by employing a controlled, three-group randomized experimental design. By countering socially undesirable effects enabled by digital technologies, we aim to protect Western societies from anti-democratic, authoritarian societal shifts. |
| Forthcoming: |
Yes |
| Language: |
English |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: |
Mental Immune System, Attitude Inoculation, Prebunking Intervention, Cognitive Immunology, Future Orientation |
| Citation: |
Dürr, Marco and Risius, Marten and Louis, Winnifred
(2025)
Countering Anti-Democratic Content on Social Media: Employing a Future-Oriented Prebunking Intervention.
In: (Proceedings of the) 20th International Conference on Wirtschaftsinformatik (WI25), 13.-17. September 2025, Münster, Germany.
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