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 …

We synthesize a burgeoning literature investigating why people believe and share false or
highly misleading news online. Contrary to a common narrative whereby politics drives …

The words that people use in everyday life tell us about their psychological states: their
beliefs, emotions, thinking habits, lived experiences, social relationships, and personalities …

There has been growing concern about the role social media plays in political polarization.
We investigated whether out-group animosity was particularly successful at generating …

The capabilities of a new class of tools, colloquially known as generative artificial
intelligence (AI), is a topic of much debate. One prominent application thus far is the …

Collective behavior provides a framework for understanding how the actions and properties
of groups emerge from the way individuals generate and share information. In humans …

Online media is important for society in informing and shaping opinions, hence raising the
question of what drives online news consumption. Here we analyse the causal effect of …

Across two studies with more than 1,700 US adults recruited online, we present evidence
that people share false claims about COVID-19 partly because they simply fail to think …

Within a relatively short time span, social media have transformed the way humans interact,
leading many to wonder what, if any, implications this interactive revolution has had for …

The COVID-19 pandemic represents a massive global health crisis. Because the crisis
requires large-scale behaviour change and places significant psychological burdens on …