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The alarming rise of mis- and disinformation influencing recent elections spurred a flurry of new research to understand the trend. But work among academics, nonprofits and the technology sector made […]
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Almost forty years ago, Neil Postman argued that television had brought about a fundamental transformation to democracy. By turning entertainment into our supreme ideology, television had recreated public discourse in […]
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A leading cognitive scientist and philosopher offers a new framework for recognizing and countering misleading claims by exploring the ways that information works—and breaks down.
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The Disinformers uncovers the people and the organizations behind the disinformation campaigns that began on social media with the 2016 U.S. presidential ele…
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GPAHE has released an in-depth report on its investigation into how far-right extremist movements are rapidly gaining ground through coordinated transnational networks.
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As the U.S. midterm elections approach and the 2024 presidential campaign cycle looms, the problem of election mis- and disinformation in non-English languages is of growing concern. And yet, there […]
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This report details the coordinated effort to discredit independent, private-citizen researchers and counter-disinformation initiatives, attempts to falsely label them as government censors, and the negative impacts these efforts have had […]
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The threat of disinformation features strongly in public discourse, but scientific findings remain conflicted about disinformation effects and reach. Accordingly, indiscriminate warnings about disinformation risk overestimating its effects and associated […]
