Misinformation has been identified as a major contributor to various contentious
contemporary events ranging from elections and referenda to the response to the COVID-19 …

Young people's increasing dependence on social media for news demands increasing
levels of news literacy, leading to a rise in media literacy programs that aim to support …

In the battle against misinformation, do negative spillover effects of communicative efforts
intended to protect audiences from inaccurate information exist? Given the relatively limited …

The World Health Organization has declared that misinformation shared on social media
about Covid-19 is an" infodemic" that must be fought alongside the pandemic itself. We …

Fake news is spreading rapidly on social media and poses a serious threat to the COVID-19
outbreak response. This study thus aims to reveal the factors influencing the acceptance of …

Given the widespread misinformation problem in societies across the globe, scholars aiming
to combat misinformation wish to change verification behaviors at the individual level. To …

Interest in news literacy inside and outside the academy has grown alongside related
concerns about the quality of news and information available. Attempts to fully define …

Extending previous research, we test two solutions for addressing misinformation by pairing
news literacy (NL) messages with corrective responses to health misinformation shared on …

The global problem of online disinformation has led scholars, educators, and other
stakeholders in societies to emphasize the utility of news literacy to engender more critical …

On a regular day, individuals can consume news and information on purpose as well as
accidently. Incidental news exposure (INE) can be critical for an informed citizenry, but …