Academic Labs & Research Hubs
- Cambridge Social Decision-Making Lab (University of Cambridge) — Leading research group behind inoculation/prebunking studies and interventions.
https://www.sdmlab.psychol.cam.ac.uk/ (SDM Lab) - Inoculation Science (Cambridge SDML hub) — Central clearinghouse for inoculation theory explainers, videos, and games (Bad News, Harmony Square, Go Viral!).
https://inoculation.science/ (Inoculation Science) - Harvard Kennedy School – Misinformation Review — Publishes peer-reviewed inoculation/prebunking evaluations (e.g., Harmony Square, Bad News).
https://misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/ (example article: https://misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/article/breaking-harmony-square-a-game-that-inoculates-against-political-misinformation/) (Misinformation Review) - Journal of Cognition (Bad News RCT) — Open-access paper showing gamified inoculation effects.
https://journalofcognition.org/articles/10.5334/joc.91 (Journal of Cognition) - Science Advances (large-scale inoculation on social media) — Field evidence that prebunking boosts resilience at scale.
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abo6254 (Science)
Games / Applied Interventions (free to play)
- Bad News — Become a “fake-news mogul” to learn manipulation tactics (gamified inoculation).
https://www.getbadnews.com/en (Bad News) - Harmony Square — Political disinformation & polarization inoculation game (supported by CISA & State/GEC).
https://www.harmonysquare.game/ (Harmony Square) - Go Viral! — COVID-19 misinformation prebunking (Cambridge SDML + UK Govt + WHO/Jigsaw collaborations).
https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/goviral | https://www.who.int/news/item/23-09-2021-what-is-go-viral (University of Cambridge)
Governmental / Intergovernmental & Policy Partners
- Google Jigsaw – Prebunking — Practitioner guides and public campaigns using inoculation videos and ads.
https://prebunking.withgoogle.com/ (guide: https://prebunking.withgoogle.com/docs/A_Practical_Guide_to_Prebunking_Misinformation.pdf) (prebunking.withgoogle.com) - NATO StratCom COE — “Inoculation Theory and Misinformation” handbook and related research for practitioners.
https://stratcomcoe.org/publications/inoculation-theory-and-misinformation/217 (PDF: https://stratcomcoe.org/publications/download/Inoculation-theory-and-Misinformation-FINAL-digital-ISBN-ebbe8.pdf) (StratCom CoE) - BBC Media Action — Co-author of the Practical Guide to Prebunking; implements prebunking in media-development contexts.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaaction (guide mirror: https://prebunking.withgoogle.com/docs/A_Practical_Guide_to_Prebunking_Misinformation.pdf) (prebunking.withgoogle.com) - EU initiatives (EUvsDisinfo / East StratCom) — While broader than inoculation, they integrate prebunking-style content and monitoring.
https://euvsdisinfo.eu/ (background: https://time.com/4887297/europe-fake-news-east-stratcom-kremlin/) (Inoculation Science)
Journalism & Media-Literacy Orgs Using Inoculation-Style Tactics
- Poynter Institute – MediaWise — Education programs; coverage and application of prebunking research in curricula and campaigns.
https://www.poynter.org/mediawise/ (overview article: https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2022/what-is-prebunking-fact-checking/) (Poynter Institute) - News Literacy Project (RumorGuard) — Classroom resources that train recognition of common manipulation tactics (prebunking adjacent).
https://newslit.org/ (update example: https://newslit.org/updates/new-resource-from-news-literacy-project-turns-viral-misinformation-into-classroom-lesson/) (newslit.org)
Key Explain-It & Resource Pages (for quick onboarding)
- Inoculation Theory Explained (Inoculation Science) — Straightforward primer + videos on tactics (emotional language, false dichotomy, scapegoating, ad hominem, etc.).
https://inoculation.science/inoculation-theory-explained/ (Inoculation Science) - Cambridge: Social-media inoculation experiments — Short explainer with video on how prebunking works and why it’s scalable.
https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/inoculateexperiment (University of Cambridge) - AAMC overview: “Can people be immunized against disinformation?” — Practitioner-friendly framing of inoculation steps.
https://www.aamc.org/news/can-people-be-immunized-against-disinformation (AAMC) - Science/MIT highlight: false content spreads faster (motivating inoculation)
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aap9559 | https://news.mit.edu/2018/study-twitter-false-news-travels-faster-true-stories-0308