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One of humanity’s greatest strengths lies in our ability to collaborate to achieve more than we can alone. Just as collaboration can be an important strength, humankind’s inability to detect […]
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How rational inference about authority debunking can curtail, sustain, or spread belief polarization
In polarized societies, divided subgroups of people have different perspectives on a range of topics. Aiming to reduce polarization, authorities may use debunking to lend support to one perspective over […]
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The spread of misinformation, especially health-related misinformation has raised concerns globally. As an immediate remedy, fact-checking has been identified as an important solution. Adopting a 2 (source credibility: high vs. […]
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This book offers an intermedial approach to truthful communication. Bringing together a wide range of media types and interactions from a transmedial perspective, the volume maps out how truth claims […]
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This book explores the concept of trust in the context of modern society, focusing on how technological advancements such as artificial intelligence, the metaverse, and digital media are transforming trust […]
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We are often expected to trust technologies, and how they are used, even if we have good reason not to. There is no room to mistrust. Exploring relations between trust […]
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Emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases continue to pose a severe threat to public health in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and globally. Community-related interventions, such as community e-Health literacy, can contribute to […]
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How do we assess the veracity of ambiguous news, and does metacognition guide our decisions to seek further information? In a controlled experiment, participants evaluated the veracity of ambiguous news […]
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China’s strict “dynamic zero-COVID” policy resulted in low infection and mortality rates due to public cooperation and top-down authority involvement. However, the abrupt abandonment of this policy on December 7, […]
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A brilliant, original investigation into the radical shift of power as invisible rulers create bespoke realities revolutionizing politics, culture, and society. Anyone who wishes to destroy legitimate political and social […]
