Contrary to popular narratives, it is not clear whether using social media for news increases
belief in political misinformation. Several of the most methodologically sound studies find …

Over the past few years, concerns about the negative societal consequences of the spread
of misinformation have become widespread. While false news and propaganda are far from …

The mechanisms by which users of platforms such as Facebook and Twitter spread
misinformation are not well understood. In this study, we argue that the effects of …

In the wake of the US 2016 Presidential Election, concerns about misinformation traversing
on social media have heightened. Since then, much of the public discourse has been on …

Does the news media exacerbate or reduce misinformation problems? Although some news
media deliberately try to counter misinformation, it has been suggested that they might also …

Scholarship has now recognized the potentially detrimental effects of social media on
political knowledge. At the same time, a separate but similar line of work has raised …

More and more, political life in Latin America is playing out on social media. What are the
implications for democracy? Recent elections in Argentina, Brazil, El Salvador, and Mexico …

Implications Much like four years ago, evidence throughout the 2020 US elections suggests
that misinformation related to the presidential campaign once again circulated widely on and …

Implications The long-standing problem of political misinformation drew public attention in
the aftermath of the 2016 US presidential election. Scholars, journalists, and politicians …

Despite widespread concern, research on the consequences of misinformation on people's
attitudes is surprisingly scant. To fill in this gap, the current study examines the long-term …