This study was done with the great team @deniseroth.bsky.social Edwin Jans @jadevrielink.bsky.social and @puckguldemond.bsky.social!

Contrary to concerns about science disinformation, we do not find effects on misperceptions. Participants were exposed to disinformation on the nitrogen crisis, which was a salient issue at the time. Participants likely already had set attitudes and beliefs on this issue.

Our study suggests that populist and right-wing politicians may benefit from spreading suggestive disinformation by being perceived as more credible by their core voters while avoiding reputation harm among the general population.

✨️New publication in IJOC✨️

What are the effects of disinformation that is not phrased as a blatant claim, but as a question or suggestion?

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I just came back from #ICA25! I presented our work on the spread of misinformation during the covid pandemic. I also got to enjoy the great views around Denver 🗻

From text-as-data to sleep data collection, this year‘s #hackica25 in Boulder, CO, was a blast and we‘re proud to say that we‘ve (again) successfully hacked communication science. Thanks to all participants and see y‘all at #ica25 ✨