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Ullrich Ecker
@ulliecker.bsky.social
I study effects of misinformation.
Professor at the School of Psychological Science and Fellow of the Public Policy Institute at the University of Western Australia
Views my own.
We show that event-specific climate misinformation - i.e. claims that arson caused Australia’s 2019–20 Black Summer fires - distorts reasoning and donation behaviour. Corrections mitigated these effects, especially when highlighting multicausality of extreme weather events.
October 31, 2025 at 5:32 AM
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Finally Mitch Dobbs on how correcting false claims can affect source credibility. Why do we see differences between politicians and doctors (corrections decrease trust in lying doctors but not politicians)? Possibly differences in initial trust. #sarmac2025 26/
June 13, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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Next is @ulliecker.bsky.social on misinformation spread in communication chains. Rather than look at transmission from one to many (eg social media), look at peer-to-peer transmission of misinformation corrections (game of telephone). #sarmac2025 21/
June 13, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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Next @emilyspearing.bsky.social on AI-generated misinformation, its influence and how to correct it. Expected more misinfo reliance in human and AI condition, inoculation would reduce beliefs, trust boost would increase belief and disclaimer would have no impact.

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June 13, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Oh wow, my alma mater!
June 5, 2025 at 6:33 AM