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Playing Gali Fakta inoculates Indonesian participants against false information

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: Although prebunking games have shown promise in Western and English-speaking contexts, there is a notable lack of research on such interventions in countries of the Global South. In response to this gap, we developed Gali Fakta, a new kind of media literacy game specifically tailored for an Indonesian audience. Our findings indicate that participants who engaged with Gali Fakta exhibited significantly greater skepticism toward false news headlines and expressed a reduced likelihood of sharing them. Importantly, playing Gali Fakta did not lead to increased skepticism or decreased sharing intent for factual headlines. These results suggest that Gali Fakta holds promise as a scalable media literacy intervention in Indonesia.

Source: Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review

DOI: 10.37016/mr-2020-152

Authors: Matthew J. Facciani, Denisa Apriliawati, Tim Weninger

Institutions: University of Notre Dame, Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University Yogyakarta

Language: English

Topic: Misinformation and Its Impacts

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: diamond

Funders: United States Agency for International Development, International Research and Exchanges Board, Moonshot Research and Development Program