‘Inoculation’ against racist misinformation: Evidence from an Australian online test
Policy evidence summary
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Authors:
Nida Denson, Alexandra Lee, Alanna Kamp, Fethi Mansouri, Amanuel Elias, Rachel Sharples, Oznur Sahin, Karen Connelly, Yin Paradies, Craig McGarty and Kevin Dunn
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 Policy evidence summary. Centre for Resilient and Inclusive Societies.
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This research addresses the underexamined subject of online ‘racist misinformation’ in Australia. Racist misinformation represents the nexus of two central challenges to social cohesion in the digital age: racism and misinformation online. These two issues are intimately linked, and misinformation often taps into existing currents of racism. Despite this, the issue of racist misinformation has received very little attention, as research and policy addressing these two issues have remained largely separate.
