Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Can figurative inoculations ward off the scourge of political deepfakes? Canonmark/iStock via Getty Images Informing people about ...

Editor’s Note: In a previous article, Theo Warner explored how digital literacy programs can build resilience against harmful content online. One promising component is psychological ...

Inoculation theory proposes that psychological inoculation—analogous to getting a medical vaccination—can immunize people against persuasive attacks. The idea is that by explaining to people how ...

Bingbing Zhang receives funding from the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Iowa. Informing people about political deepfakes through text-based information and ...