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 …

As the capabilities of generative language models continue to advance, the implications of
biases ingrained within these models have garnered increasing attention from researchers …

Governments, public health authorities, and social media platforms have employed various
measures to counter misinformation that emerged during the COVID-19 pandemic. The …

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 …

The global spread of the novel coronavirus is affected by the spread of related
misinformation—the so-called COVID-19 Infodemic—that makes populations more …

Alarmist narratives about online misinformation continue to gain traction despite evidence
that its prevalence and impact are overstated. Drawing on research examining the use of big …

Developing effective interventions to counter misinformation is an urgent goal, but it also
presents conceptual, empirical, and practical difficulties, compounded by the fact that …

Background Vaccinations play a critical role in mitigating the impact of COVID-19 and other
diseases. Past research has linked misinformation to increased hesitancy and lower …

Social media platforms face rampant misinformation spread through multimedia posts
shared in highly-personalized contexts [10, 11]. Foundational qualitative research is …

Research using large-scale data on individuals' internet use has provided vital information
about the scope and nature of exposure to misinformation online. However, most prior work …