‘Inoculations’ against racist misinformation: an Australian online test

Project:

Research Stream:

Authors:

Nida Denson, Alexandra Lee, Alanna Kamp, Fethi Mansouri, Amanuel Elias, Rachel Sharples, Oznur Sahin, Karen Connelly, Yin Paradies, Craig McGarty and Kevin Dunn

https://doi.org/10.56311/VDHK1859

DOI

Denson, N., Lee, A., Kamp, A., Mansouri, F., Elias, A., Sharples, R., Sahin, O., Connelly, K., Paradies, Y., McGarty, C. & Dunn, K. (2025) Inoculation against racist misinformation: An Australian online test. Centre for Resilient and Inclusive Societies. https://doi.org/10.56311/VDHK1859

Suggested citation

While online racism and online misinformation have clear connections, research in these two related areas have tended to remain separate. The current project begins to bridge this gap, by testing a new intervention approach to countering online misinformation that perpetuates racism. The study draws on both online misinformation studies and critical literacy perspectives, and generates new understandings of the effectiveness of existing interventions from these fields, for addressing racist misinformation.