The Science, Craft, and Art of Mythbusting

The World Economic Forum acknowledges misinformation as a top global risk (WEF, 2024). Social media and generative artificial intelligence fuel easily spread misinformation and disinformation, posing a serious threat to our democracies (Ecker et al., 2024). In all domains, facts, myths, and questionable assumptions exist. From an educational psychology perspective, myths can be characterized as common and enduring beliefs, that might seem reasonable initially, yet are contradicted by the cur...