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If you wanted to build a machine that would distribute propaganda to millions of people, distract them from important issues, energize hatred and bigotry, erode social trust, undermine respectable journalism, […]
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The digital age has created easy access to mass amounts of quickly changing news that people can share, discuss and research within online communities. These abilities have contributed to the […]
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The crisis in Ukraine has accentuated the position of Russian television as the government’s strongest asset in its information warfare. The internet, however, allows other players to challenge the Kremlin’s […]
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The terms “post-truth” and “fake news” have become increasingly prevalent in public discourse over the last year. This article explores the growing abundance of misinformation, how it influences people, and […]
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Comments on an article by Stephan Lewandowsky, Ullrich K.H. Ecker & John Cook (see record 2017-57700-001). Based on combating misinformation, Lewandowsky et al. made narrow recommendations for future cognitive research, […]
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A growing number of politicians are talking nonsense with impunity. False information is proliferating. What’s worse, the human brain loves it.
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The present experiment (N=390) examined how people adjust their judgment after they learn that crucial information on which their initial evaluation was based is incorrect. In line with our expectations, […]
