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Improving debriefing practices for participants in social science experiments Katherine Clayton, Ethan Porter, Yamil Velez 1/8

this approach is far superior to standard debriefs at reducing the effects of false or harmful content on political attitudes and beliefs. Our approach makes it possible to study the effects of false or harmful content on attitudes and beliefs without posing significant risks to participants. 7/8

Improving debriefing practices for participants in social science experiments Katherine Clayton, Ethan Porter, Yamil Velez 1/8

After standard debriefs, participants who have seen political misinformation often remain worse-informed than if they had never been exposed to misinformation in the first place. We then design and test a new approach to debriefing, 5/8

Improving debriefing practices for participants in social science experiments Katherine Clayton, Ethan Porter, Yamil Velez 1/8

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Improving debriefing practices for participants in social science experiments Katherine Clayton, Ethan Porter, Yamil Velez 1/8

The pertinent question for Americans would be: will Trump be able to surround himself with loyalists who will do the same thing? He is trying to do so. And so the Senate, in confirmation hearings, 1/5

then voted unanimously for the revocation of martial law. Members of Yoon's own right-wing party, in other words, joined with the opposition in a dramatic demonstration of unity in the face of the threat of a military dictatorship. 4/5

The pertinent question for Americans would be: will Trump be able to surround himself with loyalists who will do the same thing? He is trying to do so. And so the Senate, in confirmation hearings, 1/5

has an obvious question to ask all of Trump's appointees with any responsibility for national security or intelligence: if Trump attempts to invoke the Insurrection Act to stifle domestic political life, just as Yoon attempted to do in South Korea, would you take part? 2/5

A Warning for the Future With Trump’s return to power, the media has no room for error. His threats to democracy aren’t hypothetical—they’re promises— and he’s made it clear that he’ll follow through on them. 1/4

But Russia isn’t the only player benefitting from this dynamic. Here at home, Trump’s authoritarian rhetoric and anti-democratic actions are normalized in the same ways, with the media treating his dangerous tactics as mere political theater instead of existential threats to democracy.

A Warning for the Future With Trump’s return to power, the media has no room for error. His threats to democracy aren’t hypothetical—they’re promises— and he’s made it clear that he’ll follow through on them. 1/4