Valentin Mang
@valentinmang.bsky.social
PhD candidate @University of Groningen - social psych | researching misinformation & conspiracy beliefs (he/him) #firstgen
New paper out in @jexpsocpsych.bsky.social !
We (@kwinter.bsky.social, @kaiepstude.bsky.social , Bob Fennis and I) found that encouraging counterfactual thinking reduces engagement with conspiracy theories (i.e., clicks on, and reading times for, conspiracy articles).
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We (@kwinter.bsky.social, @kaiepstude.bsky.social , Bob Fennis and I) found that encouraging counterfactual thinking reduces engagement with conspiracy theories (i.e., clicks on, and reading times for, conspiracy articles).
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November 27, 2025 at 9:40 AM
New paper out in @jexpsocpsych.bsky.social !
We (@kwinter.bsky.social, @kaiepstude.bsky.social , Bob Fennis and I) found that encouraging counterfactual thinking reduces engagement with conspiracy theories (i.e., clicks on, and reading times for, conspiracy articles).
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We (@kwinter.bsky.social, @kaiepstude.bsky.social , Bob Fennis and I) found that encouraging counterfactual thinking reduces engagement with conspiracy theories (i.e., clicks on, and reading times for, conspiracy articles).
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- Drawing on foundational theories of persuasion, we identify potential causes of these inconsistencies.
- We provide recommendations for how misinformation researchers can investigate source credibility effects in a more fruitful, systematic, and theory-driven way.
- We provide recommendations for how misinformation researchers can investigate source credibility effects in a more fruitful, systematic, and theory-driven way.
October 7, 2024 at 11:19 AM
- Drawing on foundational theories of persuasion, we identify potential causes of these inconsistencies.
- We provide recommendations for how misinformation researchers can investigate source credibility effects in a more fruitful, systematic, and theory-driven way.
- We provide recommendations for how misinformation researchers can investigate source credibility effects in a more fruitful, systematic, and theory-driven way.
- We find substantial inconsistencies in source credibility effects across 91 misinformation studies.
- We coded various conceptual and methodological aspects of all identified effects (dataset openly available).
- We coded various conceptual and methodological aspects of all identified effects (dataset openly available).
October 7, 2024 at 11:18 AM
- We find substantial inconsistencies in source credibility effects across 91 misinformation studies.
- We coded various conceptual and methodological aspects of all identified effects (dataset openly available).
- We coded various conceptual and methodological aspects of all identified effects (dataset openly available).