Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/302465 
Year of Publication: 
2024
Series/Report no.: 
24th Biennial Conference of the International Telecommunications Society (ITS): "New bottles for new wine: digital transformation demands new policies and strategies", Seoul, Korea, 23-26 June, 2024
Publisher: 
International Telecommunications Society (ITS), Calgary
Abstract: 
This study examines whether news media can effectively counter a disinformation campaign. It uses disinformation against the release of treated water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan as a case study from the perspective of media studies. Based on psychological inoculation theory and multivariate statistical analysis of survey data collected in Feb 2024, it is found that warnings about a disinformation attack from the news media can reduce people's beliefs in actual disinformation. However, the results also reveal that news media reports on debunked disinformation can have the opposite effect unless they also educate people with tropes used in the debunked disinformation.
Subjects: 
Disinformation campaign
inoculation theory
media literacy
Document Type: 
Conference Paper

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