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SUMMARY:Psychology Colloquium: Prof Kevin Dunn (Western Sydney University)
DESCRIPTION:Prof Kevin Dunn (Western Sydney University) (with Nida Denson\, Alexandra Lee; Alanna Kamp; Rachel Sharples) \n\n\n\nTitle: Can we inoculate against racist mis-information? A Victorian field experiment \n\n\n\nAbstract: \n\n\n\nThe Challenging Racism Project have turned their attention to racist misinformation and conspiracy theories in digital environments. We are developing proof of concepts for online anti-racism campaigns\, digital interventions\, and use of the metaphor of ‘inoculation’ to enhance public understanding of this work (Hughes et al. 2021; Lewandowsky & Yesilada 2021). In an Australian study (sample size = 2\,001\, March 2025) we tested two inoculation interventions designed to counter misinformation\, including misinformation with a racist intent. The study compared a broad-spectrum approach that taught general misinformation detection techniques (a short 5-minute educational video) against a targeted intervention explicitly focused on identifying racist misinformation that perpetuates harmful narratives. Both interventions were equally effective in reducing agreement with the views expressed in the misinformation video\, reducing susceptibility to misinformation\, and increasing the ability to recognise that the group in the video was portrayed in an exaggerated way. But the racist-specific training outperformed the general approach. Participants who received the racist misinformation training were more likely to critique racist narratives and showed different patterns of reasoning compared to those in the control group or the general training group. These results suggest that contextualised\, topic-specific misinformation training may be more effective than broad-spectrum approaches\, highlighting the important limitations of generalisable ‘inoculation’ strategies. The constraints and implications of these findings are explored: including what it means for trauma-informed anti-racism\, ‘anti-racism shy’ partners and cautious funders. \n\n\n\nBio: \n\n\n\nProfessor Kevin Dunn is Executive Dean\, Faculty of Social Science\, Arts\, Business\, Education and Law (SABEL) and Professor of Human Geography and Urban Studies at Western Sydney University. Previously\, he was Deputy Vice Chancellor Academic Transformation (2025)\, Provost (2024-25)\, Pro Vice-Chancellor Research (2019-23) and Dean of the School of Social Sciences & Psychology at Western (2011-19). He leads the national Challenging Racism Project based from Western\, delivering impactful research that has underpinned national racism strategies\, as well as award winning anti-racism interventions. His areas of research include the racism and anti-racism\, immigration and settlement\, Islam in Australia\, and local government and multiculturalism. His work has demonstrated that racism is expressed in highly specific ways\, and anti-racism should reflect that variation. More recently\, Dunn’s work has explored racist misinformation and conspiracy theories in digital environments\, and he developed the proof of concept for inoculation interventions.
URL:https://psychology-events.sydney.edu.au/event/psychology-colloquium-prof-kevin-dunn-western-sydney-university/
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