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 …

The past decade has seen rapid growth in research that evaluates methods for reducing
prejudice. This essay reviews 418 experiments reported in 309 manuscripts from 2007 to …

Departing from Jessie Daniels's 2013 review of scholarship on race and racism online, this
article maps and discusses recent developments in the study of racism and hate speech in …

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 …

From everyday apps to complex algorithms, Ruha Benjamin cuts through tech-industry hype
to understand how emerging technologies can reinforce White supremacy and deepen …

Political discourse is the soul of democracy, but misunderstanding and conflict can fester in
divisive conversations. The widespread shift to online discourse exacerbates many of these …

With more than 3 billion users, online social networks represent an important venue for
moral and political discourse and have been used to organize political revolutions, influence …

While the role of social media in the spread of conspiracy theories has received much
attention, a key deficit in previous research is the lack of distinction between different types …

Users organize themselves into communities on web platforms. These communities can
interact with one another, often leading to conflicts and toxic interactions. However, little is …

This study tests whether the number (1 vs. 2) and the source (another user vs. the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC]) of corrective responses affect successful …