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Objective: Fake news represents a particularly egregious and direct avenue by which inaccurate beliefs have been propagated via social media. We investigate the psychological profile of individuals who fall prey […]
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Citizens and Emergency Managers need to be able to distinguish ”fake” (untrue) news posts from real news posts on social media during disasters. This paper is based on an online […]
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This article argues that truth is vital to deliberative democracy and to communication as an academic discipline. Our definition of truth is critical realist in nature—that is, it refers to […]
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The size of a social media account’s audience — in terms of followers or friends count — is believed to be a good measure of its influence and popularity. To […]
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Citizens and Emergency Managers need to be able to distinguish ”fake” (untrue) news posts from real news posts on social media during disasters. This paper is based on an online […]
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The size of a social media account’s audience — in terms of followers or friends count — is believed to be a good measure of its influence and popularity. To […]
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Though fact-checking’s prominence has grown in recent years, little is known about public attitudes towards the format or how fact-checking exposure a ects the accuracy of people’s beliefs about controversial […]
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Cross-partisan incivility is a pressing concern in American politics, especially online. When partisans communicate incivilly, they are less likely to learn from each other and more likely to distrust each […]
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A century after the world’s worst flu epidemic, rapid spread of misinformation is undermining trust in vaccines crucial to public health, warns Heidi Larson.
