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Who is afraid of fake news? Modeling risk perceptions of misinformation in 142 countries | HKS Misinformation Review
by Aleksi Knuutila, Lisa-Maria Neudert, and Philip N. Howard
April 12, 2022
Using survey data from 154,195 respondents in 142 countries, we investigate internet user perceptions of the risks associated with being exposed to misinformation. We find that: 1)…
Lateral reading and monetary incentives to spot disinformation about science | Scientific Reports
by Folco Panizza, Piero Ronzani, Carlo Martini, Simone Mattavelli, Tiffany Morisseau, and Matteo Motterlini
April 5, 2022
In Experiment 1, we tested separately the efficacy of pop-up and monetary incentives, and compared their effects to a control…
The Social Media Summit | MIT
March 28, 2022
The Social Media Summit @ MIT (SMS @ MIT) brings together the world’s leaders in social technology to examine one…
I Shared Fake News About a Fake-News Study | The Atlantic
by Daniel Engber
March 28, 2022
Okay this is embarrassing: The news I shared the other day, about the sharing of fake news, was fake. That…
Studying mis- and disinformation in Asian diasporic communities: The need for critical transnational research beyond Anglocentrism | HKS Misinformation Review
by Sarah Nguyen, Lan Li, Rachel Kuo, Rachel E. Moran, and Madhavi Reddi
March 25, 2022
Drawing on preliminary research about the spread of mis- and disinformation across Asian diasporic communities, we advocate for qualitative research methodologies…
Mapping Political Trends Through Twitter | IPL Webinar
March 24, 2022
Join us for a webinar to launch IPL’s latest tool: the Congressional Tweet Tracker. We’ll show you how the tool can…
Request for Information: Call for Stories and Research on Health Misinformation | Office of the Surgeon General
by Office of the Surgeon General
March 10, 2022
U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy is calling for research, data, and personal experiences related to health misinformation, in an…
CSMaP Second Annual Conference | NYU’s Center for Social Media and Politics
March 3, 2022
We convened 50 leading scholars for a two-day virtual conference to present research on a range of topics at the…
The Future of Social Media: Covering, Researching, and Regulating Platforms | NYU’s Center for Social Media and Politics
March 3, 2022
Social media platforms generate mountains of data — about what we like, what news we read, and who we talk…