Social media platforms have been found to be the primary gateway through which
individuals are exposed to fake news. The algorithmic filter bubbles and echo chambers that …

Misinformation makes democratic governance harder, especially in developing countries.
Despite its real-world import, little is known about how to combat misinformation outside of …

Social scientists employ survey methods to explore the contours of human behavior. Today
there are more opportunities to collect survey data than at any time in recent history. Yet …

Social media users may wish to delete their accounts, but it is unclear if this process is easy
to complete or if users understand what happens to their account data after deletion …

Theories in favor of deliberative democracy are based on the premise that social information
processing can improve group beliefs. While research on the “wisdom of crowds” has found …

Background Healthcare is expected to increasingly integrate technologies enabled by
artificial intelligence (AI) into patient care. Understanding perceptions of these tools is …

Digital literacy is receiving increased scholarly attention as a potential explanatory factor in
the spread of misinformation and other online pathologies. As a concept, however, it …

Online behavioral data, such as digital traces from social media, have the potential to allow
researchers an unprecedented new window into human behavior in ecologically valid …

" Experiments are a central methodology in the social sciences. Scholars from every
discipline regularly turn to them. Practitioners rely on experimental evidence in evaluating …

Public opinion on COVID‐19 provides new empirical evidence for the debate on the
ideological contours of conspiracy theories. I report findings from a web survey in Greece …