# Prebunking **Entity class:** Preventive communication intervention **Maturity:** Developed ## Definition **Prebunking** builds resistance before exposure to a specific deceptive message, commonly by warning about manipulation and rehearsing recognition of the technique. It differs from debunking, which responds after a claim has circulated. ## Relationships - **derived from:** [[wiki/Inoculation Theory|Inoculation Theory]]. - **used in:** [[wiki/Countering Violent Extremism|CVE]], [[wiki/Cognitive Security|Cognitive Security]], and disinformation resilience. - **example:** [[wiki/Radicalise|Radicalise]]. ## Sources / Provenance - [[research/A Network-Epidemiological Analysis of Radicalization and Real-Time Counterterrorism Observability|Network-Epidemiological Analysis]]