• Disinformation, Democracy, and the Social Costs of Identity-Based Attacks Online

    Platforms and policymakers have been inexcusably slow to respond to identity-based attacks online, writes Sarah Sobieraj. The looming threat of being attacked serves as a cautionary tale—a deterrent—that inhibits women from speaking freely about social and political issues.

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  • Defining “Disinformation”

    What are dis- and misinformation? What about propaganda and “fake news?” How are researchers and activists defining these terms, and how are those definitions evolving? This introductory research review discusses the importance of a unified set of definitions in the social sciences.

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