# Inoculation Theory **Entity class:** Theory of resistance to persuasion **Aliases:** Attitudinal Inoculation Theory **Maturity:** Developed ## Definition **Inoculation theory** proposes that warning people about a persuasive attack and exposing them to a weakened example with refutation can build resistance to later manipulation. Modern “prebunking” often teaches manipulation techniques rather than trying to refute every future claim. ## Relationships - **developed by:** [[wiki/William McGuire|William McGuire]]. - **modern researchers include:** [[wiki/Sander van der Linden|Sander van der Linden]] and [[wiki/Jon Roozenbeek|Jon Roozenbeek]]. - **CVE use:** [[wiki/Countering Violent Extremism|Countering Violent Extremism]], [[wiki/Prebunking|Prebunking]], and [[wiki/Radicalise|Radicalise]]. ## Sources / Provenance - [[research/A Network-Epidemiological Analysis of Radicalization and Real-Time Counterterrorism Observability|Network-Epidemiological Analysis]]