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 …

Purpose As the new coronavirus disease propagated around the world, the rapid spread of
news caused uncertainty in the population. False news has taken over social media …

There has been increasing concern with the growing infusion of misinformation, or “fake
news”, into public discourse and politics in many western democracies. Our article first …

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 …

One of today's most controversial and consequential issues is whether the global uptake of
digital media is causally related to a decline in democracy. We conducted a systematic …

Does Facebook enable ideological segregation in political news consumption? We
analyzed exposure to news during the US 2020 election using aggregated data for 208 …

Online social networks (OSNs) are rapidly growing and have become a huge source of all
kinds of global and local news for millions of users. However, OSNs are a double-edged …

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

Humans learn about the world by collectively acquiring information, filtering it, and sharing
what we know. Misinformation undermines this process. The repercussions are extensive …

Misinformation about COVID-19 is a major threat to public health. Using five national
samples from the UK (n= 1050 and n= 1150), Ireland (n= 700), the USA (n= 700), Spain (n …