Disinformation, Democracy, and Conflict Prevention In this essay series from Items, the SSRC's digital forum, researchers assess the state of disinformation across…
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Vaccine hesitancy threatens to undermine pandemic response | The British Academy
An 80% take up of a COVID-19 vaccine could be necessary to protect the community but, given the scale and…
Who Will Win the 2020 Meme War?
The new viral battlefield Since 2016, a battle has been waged for the soul of social media, with tech companies…
Navigating the Noise: Election Coverage in the Digital Age | Center for Brooklyn History
Join BHS and the Social Science Research Council for a discussion about fundamental changes to the news industry that are…
How Misinformation Spreads
Introduction Among the most worrisome aspects of disinformation and misinformation in the digital age are the number of people they…
Vaccine Mis- and Disinformation
Introduction This research review addresses and expands on a critical case study at the intersection of information disorder and scientific…
Misinformation, Crisis, and Public Health—Reviewing the Literature
Introduction The Covid-19 pandemic comes at a time when we were already grappling with information overload and pervasive misinformation. In…
Deconstructing the Disinformation War
The tropes and metaphors of disinformation It is a good time to be in the disinformation and misinformation business. Whether…
Hate Speech, Information Disorder, and Conflict
The following is a condensed and edited version of a research review that the SSRC commissioned for its Academic Network…
Producers of Disinformation – Version 1.2
V1.2 includes update on 2020 US election. Disinformation and the 2020 US Election Though we can trace problems of…