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 past decade has seen rapid growth in research that evaluates methods for reducing
prejudice. This essay reviews 418 experiments reported in 309 manuscripts from 2007 to …

Departing from Jessie Daniels's 2013 review of scholarship on race and racism online, this
article maps and discusses recent developments in the study of racism and hate speech in …

In recent years, there has been a great deal of concern about the proliferation of false and
misleading news on social media,,–. Academics and practitioners alike have asked why …

Despite heightened awareness of the detrimental impact of hate speech on social media
platforms on affected communities and public discourse, there is little consensus on …

A prominent approach to combating online misinformation is to debunk false content. Here
we investigate downstream consequences of social corrections on users' subsequent …

Purpose Online disinhibition is one of the key factors leading to the occurrence of
cyberaggression, cyberbullying and various forms of deviant behaviors in the online …

The challenge of disentangling political communication processes and their effects has
grown with the complexity of the new political information environment. But so have …

High degrees of incivility and hostility in comment sections potentially threaten a deliberative
and inclusive discussion atmosphere. News outlets are struggling with effectively …

Countermeasures to effectively fight the ever increasing hate speech online without blocking
freedom of speech is of great social interest. Natural Language Generation (NLG), is …