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 …

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 …

Artificial intelligence (AI) is changing the way we create and evaluate information, and this is
happening during an infodemic, which has been having marked effects on global health …

Online misinformation continues to have adverse consequences for society. Inoculation
theory has been put forward as a way to reduce susceptibility to misinformation by informing …

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 …

Long-term control of the COVID-19 pandemic hinges in part on the development and uptake
of a preventive vaccine. In addition to a segment of population that refuses vaccines, the …

Several countries have successfully reduced their COVID-19 infection rate early, while
others have been overwhelmed. The reasons for the differences are complex, but response …

The outbreak of the SARS-CoV-2 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has been accompanied by
a large amount of misleading and false information about the virus, especially on social …

With the prevalence and increasing impact of misinformation on social media, numerous
studies have explored the characteristics of misinformation. However, we lack a holistic …

Widespread belief in misinformation circulating online is a critical challenge for modern
societies. While research to date has focused on psychological and political antecedents to …