ERC Starting Grant · 2024
Growing Up in the Digital Age of Disinformation
Disinformation is a growing and pervasive problem in modern society. Adolescents spend over 6.5 hours per day on their smartphones and many use social media as a primary information source. There is ample indication in the developmental science literature that adolescents might be particularly susceptible to disinformation. Yet surprisingly little is known about how susceptibility to disinformation changes throughout adolescence and how we might foster youth’s resilience against disinformation. Here I propose an innovative research program to develop the first comprehensive account of susceptibility to disinformation during adolescence. With this fundamental knowledge, I will develop new…
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