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 …

Climate change presents a challenge at multiple levels: It challenges our cognitive abilities
because the effect of the accumulation of emissions is difficult to understand. Climate …

Background Proliferation of misinformation in digital news environments can harm society in
a number of ways, but its dangers are most acute when citizens believe that false news is …

Public opinion is shaped in significant part by online content, spread via social media and
curated algorithmically. The current online ecosystem has been designed predominantly to …

To better understand the spread of fake news in the Internet age, it is important to uncover
the variables that influence the perceived truth of information. Although previous research …

This study proposes and tests a model of serial mediation based on the norm activation
model and value-belief-norm theory. It argues that beliefs about climate change are related …

Rationale The biopsychosocial (BPS) model that challenged the historically dominant
biomedical model remains influential today. This model considers biological, psychological …

While sometimes difficult to admit, perspectives of European and white males have
overwhelmingly dominated fisheries science and management in the USA. This dynamic is …

The COVID-19 pandemic provides a unique opportunity to study science communication
and, in particular, the transmission of consensus. In this study, we show how “science …

Social media platforms are performing “soft moderation” by attaching warning labels to
misinformation to reduce dissemination of, and engagement with, such content. This study …