Spread of misinformation on social media: What contributes to it and how to combat it

S Chen, L Xiao, A Kumar - Computers in Human Behavior, 2023 - Elsevier
With the prevalence and increasing impact of misinformation on social media, numerous
studies have explored the characteristics of misinformation. However, we lack a holistic …

The conspiratorial mind: A meta-analytic review of motivational and personological correlates.

SM Bowes, TH Costello, A Tasimi - Psychological Bulletin, 2023 - psycnet.apa.org
A tidal wave of research has tried to uncover the motivational and personological correlates
of conspiratorial ideation, often studying these two classes of correlates in parallel. Here, we …

Why do people believe health misinformation and who is at risk? A systematic review of individual differences in susceptibility to health misinformation

X Nan, Y Wang, K Thier - Social Science & Medicine, 2022 - Elsevier
Rationale Health misinformation poses a significant threat to public health. Understanding
why people believe health misinformation and who is at risk is crucial for developing …

[HTML][HTML] Countering misinformation

J Roozenbeek, E Culloty, J Suiter - European Psychologist, 2023 - econtent.hogrefe.com
Developing effective interventions to counter misinformation is an urgent goal, but it also
presents conceptual, empirical, and practical difficulties, compounded by the fact that …

Misinformation reloaded? Fears about the impact of generative AI on misinformation are overblown

FM Simon, S Altay, H Mercier - Harvard Kennedy School …, 2023 - ora.ox.ac.uk
Many observers of the current explosion of generative AI worry about its impact on our
information environment, with concerns being raised about the increased quantity, quality …

Critical ignoring as a core competence for digital citizens

A Kozyreva, S Wineburg… - Current Directions …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Low-quality and misleading information online can hijack people's attention, often by
evoking curiosity, outrage, or anger. Resisting certain types of information and actors online …

A toolkit for understanding and addressing climate scepticism

MJ Hornsey, S Lewandowsky - Nature Human Behaviour, 2022 - nature.com
Despite over 50 years of messaging about the reality of human-caused climate change,
substantial portions of the population remain sceptical. Furthermore, many sceptics remain …

The science of effective learning with spacing and retrieval practice

SK Carpenter, SC Pan, AC Butler - Nature Reviews Psychology, 2022 - nature.com
Research on the psychology of learning has highlighted straightforward ways of enhancing
learning. However, effective learning strategies are underused by learners. In this Review …

A meta-analysis of correction effects in science-relevant misinformation

MS Chan, D Albarracín - Nature Human Behaviour, 2023 - nature.com
Scientifically relevant misinformation, defined as false claims concerning a scientific
measurement procedure or scientific evidence, regardless of the author's intent, is illustrated …

Gamified inoculation interventions do not improve discrimination between true and fake news: Reanalyzing existing research with receiver operating characteristic …

A Modirrousta-Galian, PA Higham - Journal of Experimental …, 2023 - psycnet.apa.org
Gamified inoculation interventions designed to improve the detection of online
misinformation are becoming increasingly prevalent. Two of the most notable interventions …