Subject: Invitation-Only Briefing: Ukraine Disinformation ResearchUkraine Disinformation Research
From: "James van der Klok" <[email-masked]>
To: "James van der Klok" <[email-masked]>
Cc: "Paul Scott Thacker" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2018 16:37:09 -0500

*Please Join Us at an Invitation-Only Briefing*

*Ukraine Disinformation Research*

Mary O'Hagan, NDI-Ukraine Senior Director

10:00 - 11:30 am, Wednesday, March 14

8th Floor, NDI

Please join us for an invitation-only briefing to hear about an innovative
method NDI is developing to identify groups in a society most susceptible
to disinformation and assess the approaches that build their resistance.

We are piloting this research in Ukraine and the NDI team in Kyiv has been
able to isolate a set of characteristics that are predictors of
vulnerability. The team has been able to measure the influence of different
messengers, counter-messengers, validators, and denials, or different types
of audiences.

The study confirms that, with nuanced strategies tailored to specific
audiences, belief in false narratives can be suppressed. It also shows,
importantly, that some messaging and counter-messaging backfires, pointing
to the need for rigorous evidence-based approaches. Although these findings
are preliminary, they point to some potentially effective mitigation
strategies.

Please reply to me and [email-masked] (copied on this email) if you can
join us. We hope to see you there.

*James van der Klok*
National Democratic Institute for International Affairs
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