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What might help: a combination of the Socratic method and motivational interviewing

Joanne Miller, Uni Delaware: "I could teach you all the media literacy tips in the world, but if you're feeling uncertain; if you're feeling a lack of control; if you're feeling socially isolated; if you're feeling helpless and searching for answers, because answers will make you feel better, then media literacy won't help you. You'll throw it all out the window."

"In QAnon, the lonely found belonging, the aimless found direction, and the hurt and the angry found validation. The truth is that the truth is almost beside the point. Facts alone won't fix this; to get bogged down in debunking falsehoods is to tackle the symptom, not the cause. What we're facing is as much a wellness crisis as it is a disinformation crisis. Our interventions need to reflect that."

"It would seem entirely logical to fight fiction with fact. But therein lies a fraught assumption. Beneath these kinds of delusional beliefs, in many instances, is not a desire to be accurately informed, but a need to be internally comforted."