Misinformation has been identified as a major contributor to various contentious
contemporary events ranging from elections and referenda to the response to the COVID-19 …

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 …

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 present research examined the relationship between political ideology and perceptions
of the threat of COVID-19. Due to Republican leadership's initial downplaying of COVID-19 …

This article focuses on message credibility and detection accuracy of fake and real news as
represented on social media. We developed a deception detection paradigm for news …

This study examined factors including health-related anxiety, preexisting misinformation
beliefs, and repeated exposure contributing to individuals' acceptance of health …

The social and democratic implications of deepfakes (also deep fakes) technology are
widely debated in the United States and elsewhere. Yet, we know surprisingly little about …

Many diverse fields across academia are interested in the fake news (FN) phenomenon. A
multidisciplinary literature review can provide researchers with new insights, alternative …

News feeds in virtually all social media platforms include engagement metrics, such as the
number of times each post is liked and shared. We find that exposure to these social …

In recent years, interest in the psychology of fake news has rapidly increased. We outline the
various interventions within psychological science aimed at countering the spread of fake …