Former conspiracy believers can counter myths through humor

Evidence

Stephanie Wittschier was a conspiracy believer for many years, which caused considerable tension within her family. After she found her way out of the scene, she and her husband founded the Facebook group “Nothing but the Truth” and the page “The Loose Screw,” which provide cuttingly humorous education about conspiracy myths. — Holm Gero Hümmler, Ulrike Schiesser, Fact and Prejudice, 38

Categorization

• SEED: An angle on how ex-believers choose humor over earnest debunking as the most effective counter-messaging tone.
• XREF: connects to: Satire can out-produce real conspiracy theories using the same formula — Sander van der Linden, Foolproof: Why Misinformation Infects…, 749