Data from the Emerging vectors and sources of racism: Responding to online challenges to social cohesion project
  • Description

    The current project examined whether targeted (to counter racist misinformation) and broad-spectrum (to counter non-racist misinformation) inoculation interventions can help Australian adults identify and resist sharing misinformation including misinformation with a racist intent. In addition to examining susceptibility to misinformation, we also examined susceptibility to racist misinformation, by examining the effectiveness of the two inoculation approaches on recognising racism and inaccurate portrayals of racialized groups. Lastly, the study also compared the targeted and broad-spectrum inoculation interventions with each other, to examine the strengths and weaknesses of each approach. The dataset contains the survey responses of 2001 Australians aged 18 years or age and older. The experimental survey included a combination of close-ended and open-ended questions. The questions included demographic and background characteristics, experimental stimuli, questions about the experimental stimuli, and various attitudes on diversity. This dataset contains an SPSS file and an excel file from the experimental survey. This dataset cannot be published openly due to ethics conditions. To request access, please contact Nida Denson n.denson@westernsydney.edu.au ORCID 0000-0001-5543-0487
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      Data publication title Data from the Emerging vectors and sources of racism: Responding to online challenges to social cohesion project
    • Description

      The current project examined whether targeted (to counter racist misinformation) and broad-spectrum (to counter non-racist misinformation) inoculation interventions can help Australian adults identify and resist sharing misinformation including misinformation with a racist intent. In addition to examining susceptibility to misinformation, we also examined susceptibility to racist misinformation, by examining the effectiveness of the two inoculation approaches on recognising racism and inaccurate portrayals of racialized groups. Lastly, the study also compared the targeted and broad-spectrum inoculation interventions with each other, to examine the strengths and weaknesses of each approach. The dataset contains the survey responses of 2001 Australians aged 18 years or age and older. The experimental survey included a combination of close-ended and open-ended questions. The questions included demographic and background characteristics, experimental stimuli, questions about the experimental stimuli, and various attitudes on diversity. This dataset contains an SPSS file and an excel file from the experimental survey. This dataset cannot be published openly due to ethics conditions. To request access, please contact Nida Denson n.denson@westernsydney.edu.au ORCID 0000-0001-5543-0487
      • Data type dataset
    • Keywords
      • Inoculation
      • inoculation theory
      • inoculation interventions
      • misinformation
      • racism
      • racist misinformation
      • SDG 3 - Good health & well-being
      • SDG 10 - Reduced inequalities
      • SDg 16 - Peace, justice and strong institutions
    • Funding source
      • Centre for Resilient and Inclusive Societies (CRIS)
    • Grant number(s)
      • - $87,500
      • FoR codes
      • 441013 - Sociology of migration, ethnicity and multiculturalism
      • 520505 - Social psychology
      SEO codes
      • 130204 - The media
      • 220502 - Internet, digital and social media
    - Coverage
      Temporal (time) coverage
    • Start date 2025/03/01
    • End date 2025/03/31
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    • Locations
      • Australia
    - Data
      Data Locations

      Type Location Notes
      The Data Manager is: Nida Denson
      Access conditions Conditional
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      • Statement of rights in data Copyright Western Sydney University
    - Citation
      Citation Denson, Nida; Dunn, Kevin; Lee, Alex; Kamp, Alanna; Sharples, Rachel; McGarty, Craig; Paradies, Yin; Mansouri, Fethi; Elias, Amanuel; Sahin, Oznur; Connelly, Karen (2026): Data from the Emerging vectors and sources of racism: Responding to online challenges to social cohesion project. Western Sydney University. https://doi.org/10.26183/adsx-1j15

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