PhD Fellow

Ryan Moore

2021 AND 2022 PHD FELLOW

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2021 Summer Fellow:

Department: Communication

Stanford Social Media Lab

 

This summer I will be working with MediaWise, a non-profit journalism organization, to study the extent to which a digital media literacy intervention for seniors can help people better discern true from false news online. We completed a preliminary study of the intervention in fall 2020 and, over the summer summer, I will continue working with MediaWise to update the content of the interventions as well as with survey firm YouGov to plan our follow-up study, which will be a proper randomized experiment on a nationally representative sample and will include a variety of short and long-term efficacy measures.

 

 

2022 Summer Fellow:

Department: Communication

Stanford Social Media Lab

 

Misinformation, eroding trust in media: The problem of online misinformation has become a central social challenge. One solution to help individuals build resilience to misinformation is digital media literacy training, the idea being that if people are equipped with the knowledge and tools to verify the credibility of information encountered online, they will be less likely to mistakenly believe and/or share false information. Since 2020, we have been working with a non-profit organization, MediaWise, to develop and evaluate digital literacy interventions for older adults, a group especially susceptible to misinformation, and are expanding our work to engage adolescents (Teen Fact-Checking Network) and Spanish-speaking audiences (MediaWise en Español). We have also started collaborating with another non-profit organization, PEN America, to develop and evaluate digital literacy education focused on diverse communities (Latinx, Black, AAPI, Native American), who face unique misinformation challenges that can best be addressed with tailored interventions.