The dissemination and control of information are indispensable ingredients of violent
conflict, with all parties involved in a conflict or at war seeking to frame the discussion on …

The rapid spread of online misinformation poses an increasing risk to societies worldwide.
To help counter this, we developed a 'fake news game'in which participants are actively …

This paper conducts an empirical analysis of the factors affecting US public concern about
the threat of climate change between January 2002 and December 2010. Utilizing Stimson's …

Inoculation theory explains how an existing state (an attitude, a belief, a position) can be
made more resistant to future influence, in much the same way a medical inoculation can …

A meta-analysis of 54 cases testing the effectiveness of inoculation theory at conferring
resistance and examining the mechanisms of the theory was conducted. The analyses …

A fter Michael Pfau and I offered what was, prior to this chapter, the most comprehensive
narrative review of inoculation scholarship (Compton & Pfau, 2005), we concluded that …

This study is the first to scrutinize the psychological effects of online astroturfing in the
context of Russia's digitally enabled foreign propaganda. Online astroturfing is a …

While the scientific community presents a relatively uniform conclusion on the ongoing
global warming and the policies that are essential for sustainable development and the …

The increasing prevalence of misinformation in society may adversely affect democratic
decision making, which depends on a well-informed public. False information can originate …

Advertising by fossil fuel companies is a ubiquitous element of modern political life.
Promotional campaigns in the service of a corporation's position toward environmental …