There has been increasing concern with the growing infusion of misinformation, or “fake
news”, into public discourse and politics in many western democracies. Our article first …

The Internet has evolved into a ubiquitous and indispensable digital environment in which
people communicate, seek information, and make decisions. Despite offering various …

There has been growing concern about the role social media plays in political polarization.
We investigated whether out-group animosity was particularly successful at generating …

Online media is important for society in informing and sha** opinions, hence raising the
question of what drives online news consumption. Here we analyse the causal effect of …

Scientifically relevant misinformation, defined as false claims concerning a scientific
measurement procedure or scientific evidence, regardless of the author's intent, is illustrated …

TikTok—the world's most downloaded app since 2020, has become a place for more than
silly dancing and lip-syncing. TikTok users are increasingly turning to TikTok for news …

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 …

People spend considerable time on digital media, and are thus often exposed to
expressions of emotion by other people. This exposure can lead their own emotion …

In the battle against misinformation, do negative spillover effects of communicative efforts
intended to protect audiences from inaccurate information exist? Given the relatively limited …

Highlights•Polarization, that is, the separation and clustering of political attitudes, is good for
democracy in small doses.•However, excessive polarization leads people to disregard views …