Fake news, disinformation and misinformation in social media: a review

E Aïmeur, S Amri, G Brassard - Social Network Analysis and Mining, 2023‏ - Springer
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 …

What are conspiracy theories? A definitional approach to their correlates, consequences, and communication

KM Douglas, RM Sutton - Annual review of psychology, 2023‏ - annualreviews.org
Conspiracy theories are abundant in social and political discourse, with serious
consequences for individuals, groups, and societies. However, psychological scientists have …

COVID-19 vaccine rumors and conspiracy theories: The need for cognitive inoculation against misinformation to improve vaccine adherence

MS Islam, AHM Kamal, A Kabir, DL Southern, SH Khan… - PloS one, 2021‏ - journals.plos.org
Introduction Rumors and conspiracy theories, can contribute to vaccine hesitancy.
Monitoring online data related to COVID-19 vaccine candidates can track vaccine …

Conspiracy mentality and political orientation across 26 countries

R Imhoff, F Zimmer, O Klein, JHC António… - Nature human …, 2022‏ - nature.com
People differ in their general tendency to endorse conspiracy theories (that is, conspiracy
mentality). Previous research yielded inconsistent findings on the relationship between …

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 …

Health-protective behaviour, social media usage and conspiracy belief during the COVID-19 public health emergency

D Allington, B Duffy, S Wessely, N Dhavan… - Psychological …, 2021‏ - cambridge.org
BackgroundSocial media platforms have long been recognised as major disseminators of
health misinformation. Many previous studies have found a negative association between …

COVID-19 related medical mistrust, health impacts, and potential vaccine hesitancy among Black Americans living with HIV

LM Bogart, BO Ojikutu, K Tyagi, DJ Klein… - JAIDS Journal of …, 2021‏ - journals.lww.com
Background: Medical mistrust, a result of systemic racism, is prevalent among Black
Americans and may play a role in COVID-19 inequities. In a convenience sample of HIV …

[HTML][HTML] Conspiracy theories as barriers to controlling the spread of COVID-19 in the US

D Romer, KH Jamieson - Social science & medicine, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Rationale The COVID-19 pandemic poses extraordinary challenges to public health.
Objective Because the novel coronavirus is highly contagious, the widespread use of …

COVID-19 conspiracy theories

KM Douglas - Group processes & intergroup relations, 2021‏ - journals.sagepub.com
Conspiracy theories started to appear on social media immediately after the first news about
COVID-19. Is the virus a hoax? Is it a bioweapon designed in a Chinese laboratory? These …