{"id":31,"date":"2019-06-15T15:56:23","date_gmt":"2019-06-15T15:56:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rebuttal.de\/?page_id=31"},"modified":"2026-01-01T15:01:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T15:01:17","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/philippschmid.org\/","title":{"rendered":"My research"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-background\" style=\"background-color:#ffffff\">aims to analyse the impact of messages of science denialism on individuals&#8217; health decision-making and to design interventions to reduce their persuasive influence.<br><br>Science denialism is an approach that has the ultimate goal of rejecting a proposition on which a scientific consensus exists. In the age of mass media, science denialism has multiplied its reach and availability, threatening the acceptance and lifesaving use of health treatments and prevention behavior &#8211; e.g. HIV treatments or vaccines. Deniers use different techniques, such as conspiracy theories or false logic, to promote their messages of science denial. <br><br>To understand the impact of messages of science denialism on individuals&#8217; health decisions, I apply an empirical judgement and decision-making perspective. In addition, I use literature from the fields of debunking, inoculation and rebuttal to design and test promising interventions. My aim is to generate basic research findings applicable to recommendations and guidelines for health authorities.<br><br><strong>Keywords<\/strong>: <em>health decision-making, persuasion, mis-disinformation, science denialism, debunking, inoculation, rebuttal <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Warum Menschen Wissenschaft leugnen \u2013 Interview mit Dr. Philipp Schmid\" width=\"760\" height=\"428\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/A3os9lk3ljU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\" id=\"translating-research-into-guidance\"><br>Translating research into guidance<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/europe\/publications\/i\/item\/WHO-EURO-2024-10200-49972-75147\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/philippschmid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/WHO_Guide-1024x726.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-551\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philippschmid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/WHO_Guide-1024x726.png 1024w, 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src=\"https:\/\/philippschmid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/The-COVID-19-Vaccine-Communication-Handbook-1-724x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philippschmid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/The-COVID-19-Vaccine-Communication-Handbook-1-724x1024.jpg 724w, https:\/\/philippschmid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/The-COVID-19-Vaccine-Communication-Handbook-1-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/philippschmid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/The-COVID-19-Vaccine-Communication-Handbook-1-768x1086.jpg 768w, https:\/\/philippschmid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/The-COVID-19-Vaccine-Communication-Handbook-1-1087x1536.jpg 1087w, https:\/\/philippschmid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/The-COVID-19-Vaccine-Communication-Handbook-1-849x1200.jpg 849w, https:\/\/philippschmid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/The-COVID-19-Vaccine-Communication-Handbook-1.jpg 1240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"612\" height=\"792\" data-id=\"227\" src=\"https:\/\/philippschmid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DebunkingHandbook2020-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philippschmid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DebunkingHandbook2020-3.jpg 612w, https:\/\/philippschmid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DebunkingHandbook2020-3-232x300.jpg 232w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"382\" height=\"540\" data-id=\"226\" src=\"https:\/\/philippschmid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Picture-1-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philippschmid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Picture-1-3.png 382w, https:\/\/philippschmid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Picture-1-3-212x300.png 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 382px) 100vw, 382px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8cf370e7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"contact\"><br>Current position<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-background-color has-background\">Assistant Professor of Health Communication, Radboud University, Nijmegen<br>Co-lead Digital Influence Group, Radboud University, Nijmegen<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8cf370e7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"contact\"><br>Editor roles<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-background-color has-background\">Communications Psychology &#8211; Editorial Board Member: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/commspsychol\/editorial-board\">https:\/\/www.nature.com\/commspsychol\/editorial-board<\/a> <br><br>European Journal of Health Communication &#8211; Special Issue Mis- Disinformation: <a href=\"https:\/\/ejhc.org\/issue\/view\/297\">https:\/\/ejhc.org\/issue\/view\/297<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8cf370e7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"contact\"><br>Ad hoc reviewer<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-background-color has-background\">Nature Human Behaviour, Nature Communications, Health Psychology, Communications Biology, Bundesgesundheitsblatt, PLoS ONE, Medical Decision Making (MDM), Vaccine, Social Science &amp; Medicine, Environmental Psychology, American Journal of Public Health, Journal of Cognitive Psychology, Scientific Reports, European Psychologist, Collabra: Psychology, Nature Medicine<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8cf370e7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"contact\"><br>Contact<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#ffffff\">You can contact me via social media, email or telephone. My social media links are provided above (next to the profile picture). Links to my Researchgate and Orcid profiles are provided below.<br> <br>Email: Please click <a href=\"mailto:philipp.schmid@ru.nl\" data-type=\"mailto\" data-id=\"mailto:philipp.schmid@ru.nl\">here<\/a> to Email me directly<br>Researchgate: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Philipp_Schmid2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">My ResearchGate Profile<\/a><br>Orcid ID: <a href=\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2966-0806\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">My Orcid Profile<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>aims to analyse the impact of messages of science denialism on individuals&#8217; health decision-making and to design interventions to reduce their persuasive influence. Science denialism is an approach that has the ultimate goal of rejecting a proposition on which a scientific consensus exists. In the age of mass media, science denialism has multiplied its reach &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/philippschmid.org\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;My research&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-31","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/philippschmid.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/philippschmid.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/philippschmid.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/philippschmid.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/philippschmid.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31"}],"version-history":[{"count":144,"href":"https:\/\/philippschmid.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":606,"href":"https:\/\/philippschmid.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31\/revisions\/606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/philippschmid.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}