Crowdsourcing Persuasive and Resilient Messages to Protect Against Malign Informational Influence

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With the proliferation of digital online media people have become more vulnerable to misinformation, online radicalisation, conspiracy theories and fake news. It is therefore critical to develop influence strategies that are persuasive and resilient to misinformation. Crowds (rather than experts) are becoming the partner of choice for many organisations to solve complex problems (e.g., NASA’s space station challenge). This project aims to experimentally test if crowds can be leveraged to generate persuasive messages that are resilient to misinformation. Expected outcomes of this project include a psychological toolkit that can be used to protect Australian citizens from malign informational influence.