{"ID":2844728,"CreatedAt":"2026-06-01T04:54:23.091178241Z","UpdatedAt":"2026-06-01T04:54:23.091178241Z","DeletedAt":null,"paper_url":"https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.06147","arxiv_id":"2511.06147","title":"Towards Misinformation Resilience in Pakistan: A Participatory Study with Low-Socioeconomic Status Adults","abstract":"Digital misinformation disproportionately affects low-socioeconomic status (SES) populations. While interventions for the Global South exist, they often report limited success, particularly among marginalized communities. Through a three-phase participatory study with 41 low-SES Pakistani adults, we conducted formative interviews to understand their information practices, followed by co-design sessions that translated these user-identified needs into concrete design requirements. Our findings reveal a sophisticated moral economy of sharing and a layered ecology of trust that prioritizes communal welfare. These insights inform the Scaffolded Support Model, a user-derived framework integrating on-demand assistance with gradual, inoculation-based skill acquisition. We instantiated this model in our prototype, \"Pehchaan,\" and conducted usability testing (N=15), which confirmed its strong acceptance and cultural resonance, validating our culturally grounded approach. Our work contributes a foundational empirical account of non-Western misinformation practices, a replicable participatory methodology for inclusive design, and actionable principles for building information resilience in resource-constrained contexts.","short_abstract":"Digital misinformation disproportionately affects low-socioeconomic status (SES) populations. While interventions for the Global South exist, they often report limited success, particularly among marginalized communities. Through a three-phase participatory study with 41 low-SES Pakistani adults, we conducted formative...","url_abs":"https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.06147","url_pdf":"https://arxiv.org/pdf/2511.06147v1","authors":"[\"Muhammad Abdullah Sohail\",\"Amna Hassan\",\"Shaheer Hammad\",\"Salaar Masood\",\"Suleman Shahid\"]","published":"2025-11-08T21:43:12Z","proceeding":"cs.HC","tasks":"[\"cs.HC\"]","methods":"[]","has_code":false}