{"id":5655,"date":"2026-01-14T18:07:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T23:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/?p=5655"},"modified":"2026-01-14T18:07:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T23:07:08","slug":"free-debunking-handbook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/2026\/01\/14\/free-debunking-handbook\/","title":{"rendered":"Free debunking handbook"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ss.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"914\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ss-914x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5656\" srcset=\"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ss-914x1024.png 914w, http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ss-268x300.png 268w, http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ss-768x861.png 768w, http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ss.png 1226w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 914px) 100vw, 914px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This handbook is available for free online. <a href=\"https:\/\/digitalcommons.unl.edu\/scholcom\/245\/\">Here&#8217;s the link<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>There is much evidence that updates to factual beliefs, even if successful, may not translate into attitude or behaviour change. For example, in polarized societies (e.g., the U.S.) people indicate that they will continue to vote for their favored politician even if they discover that the majority of the politician\u2019s statements are false [21, 22, 23]. Fortunately, it does not have to be that way. In less polarized societies (e.g., Australia), people\u2019s voting intentions are sensitive to politicians\u2019 truthfulness [24]. Nevertheless, do not refrain from debunking because you are worried it will not change behaviour. Successful debunking can affect behaviour\u2014for example, it can reduce people\u2019s willingness to spend money on questionable health products or their sharing of misleading content online [25, 26].<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-14-at-3.06.36-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"672\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-14-at-3.06.36-PM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5659\" srcset=\"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-14-at-3.06.36-PM.png 672w, http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-14-at-3.06.36-PM-300x201.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 672px) 100vw, 672px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ss.png\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This handbook is available for free online. <a href=\"https:\/\/digitalcommons.unl.edu\/scholcom\/245\/\">Here&#8217;s the link<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>There is much evidence that updates to factual beliefs, even if successful, may not translate into attitude or behaviour change&#8230;.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/2026\/01\/14\/free-debunking-handbook\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5659,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5655"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5655\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5660,"href":"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5655\/revisions\/5660"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}