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 …

We examine the role of overconfidence in news judgment using two large nationally
representative survey samples. First, we show that three in four Americans overestimate …

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

The third edition of The Dynamics of Political Communication continues its comprehensive
coverage of communication and politics, focusing on problematic issues that bear on the …

Exposures to inaccurate information can lead people to become confused about what is
true, to doubt their understandings, and to rely on the ideas later. Recent work has begun to …

Recently, the Surgeon General released an “Advisory on Building a Healthy Information
Environment” to confront health misinformation (Office of the Surgeon General, 2021), and a …

College educators and administrators have long valued critical thinking as a desired
outcome of undergraduate education for its academic, professional, and personal benefits …

Survey data are commonly cited as evidence of widespread misperceptions and
misinformed beliefs. This paper shows that surveys generally fail to identify the firm, deep …

Based on a regional survey conducted in five cities of China (Beijing, Shanghai,
Guangzhou, Chengdu, and Wuhan) in January 2020 and a national survey experiment …

While research consistently shows that fact-checking improves belief accuracy, debates
persist about how to best measure and interpret expressions of factual beliefs. We argue that …