Navigating Online News and Information (NONI)

Developed by the Cambridge Social Decisions-Making Lab, in this game, “you take on the role of fake news-monger. Drop all pretense of ethics and choose a path that builds your persona as an unscrupulous media magnate… The goal of the game is to expose the tactics and manipulation techniques that are used to mislead people and build up a following. Bad News works as a psychological “vaccine” against disinformation: playing it builds cognitive resistance against common forms of manipulation that you may encounter online.”

This is “a free digital health game that teaches you how to spot misinformation tricks you might see on social media, or hear from a friend or family member (especially a cranky uncle).”

Research behind the development, implementation, and assessment of the Bad News Game,a fake news intervention aimed at building psychological resistance against online misinformation,from the Cambridge Social Decision-Making Lab

The Cranky Uncle Game was originally developed to address climate misinformation, and has been co-designed to address misinformation in other contexts, including vaccine misinformation in East Africa