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Internet Policy Review, 2023 This article delves into the diverse and complex nature of conceptualising misinformation as an object of research, highlighting the interdisciplinary scholarship in this field that results in varied and sometimes conflicting definitions.
Jing Zeng, Scott Babwah Brennen
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Good news or bad news? The impact of information valence on high school students’ willingness to share misinformation and the effectiveness of a targeted accuracy prompt [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychologyBackgroundWith the rapid proliferation of misinformation on social media, increasing attention has been paid to its psychological and behavioral mechanisms.
Zhichao Wang +3 more
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Misinformation on Misinformation: Conceptual and Methodological Challenges
Social Media + Society, 2023 Alarmist narratives about online misinformation continue to gain traction despite evidence that its prevalence and impact are overstated. Drawing on research examining the use of big data in social science and reception studies, we identify six ...
Sacha Altay +2 more
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Profiling Misinformation Susceptibility
Personality and Individual DifferencesThe spread of misinformation has become a global problem. But who falls for it? In this study, 66,242 individuals from 24 countries completed the Misinformation Susceptibility Test (MIST) and indicated their self-perceived misinformation discernment ability.
Kyrychenko, Yara +5 more
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The impact of health misinformation and health literacy on the management of dyslipidemia [PDF]
American Journal of Preventive CardiologyGlobally, cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of death. The dissemination of health misinformation on management dyslipidemia, especially statin misinformation, is a significant threat to public health and to the delivery of cardiovascular ...
Heather M. Johnson
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Partisan Bias in Responses to Sexual Misconduct Allegations Against Male Politicians
Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 2022 Across two studies, we tested whether evaluations of sexual misconduct allegations against male politicians are made in a partisan biased manner. First, we investigated the likelihood a sexual misconduct allegation made by a female staffer was perceived ...
Edward J. R. Clarke +3 more
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An Examination of Factors Contributing to the Acceptance of Online Health Misinformation
Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 This study examined factors including health-related anxiety, preexisting misinformation beliefs, and repeated exposure contributing to individuals’ acceptance of health misinformation.
Wenjing Pan, Diyi Liu, Jie Fang
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Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review, 2021 Our study examines Facebook posts containing nine prominent COVID-19 vaccine misinformation topics that circulated on the platform between March 1, 2020, and March 1, 2021.
Aimei Yang +12 more
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Signs of a new world order: Italy as the COVID-19 disinformation battlefield
Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review, 2020 When Italy became the western center of the COVID-19 outbreak, it also became the focus of a series of states-sponsored coordinated disinformation campaigns.
Costanza Sciubba Caniglia
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Regulating Misinformation [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2009 The government has responded to misleading advertising by banning it, engaging in counter-advertising and taxing the product. In this paper, we consider the social welfare effects of those different responses to misinformation. While misinformation lowers consumer surplus, its effect on social welfare is ambiguous.
Edward L. Glaeser, Gergely Ujhelyi
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