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 …

The spread of misinformation poses a considerable threat to public health and the
successful management of a global pandemic. For example, studies find that exposure to …

Fact-checking has become increasingly important due to the speed with which both
information and misinformation can spread in the modern media ecosystem. Therefore …

Much like a viral contagion, misinformation can spread rapidly from one individual to
another. Inoculation theory offers a logical basis for developing a psychological “vaccine” …

Misinformation about the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is a pressing societal challenge.
Across two studies, one preregistered (n1= 1771 and n2= 1777), we assess the efficacy of …

Researchers, policy makers and science communicators have become increasingly been
interested in factors that affect public's trust in science. Recently, one such potentially …

Although there has been unprecedented attention to inoculation theory in recent years, the
potential of this research has yet to be reached. Inoculation theory explains how immunity to …

As part of the Systematizing Confidence in Open Research and Evidence (SCORE)
program, the present study consisted of a two-stage replication test of a central finding by …

The COVID-19 pandemic has made it clear that effective public health messaging is an
indispensable component of a robust pandemic response system. In this article, we review …

Developing effective interventions to counter misinformation is an urgent goal, but it also
presents conceptual, empirical, and practical difficulties, compounded by the fact that …