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 …

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 …

Develo** effective interventions to counter misinformation is an urgent goal, but it also
presents conceptual, empirical, and practical difficulties, compounded by the fact that …

The spread of online misinformation poses serious challenges to societies worldwide. In a
novel attempt to address this issue, we designed a psychological intervention in the form of …

Misinformation is false information that is spread either by mistake or with intent to mislead.
When there is intent to mislead, it is called disinformation. Misinformation has the potential to …

Social media has increasingly enabled “fake news” to circulate widely, most notably during
the 2016 US presidential campaign. These intentionally false or misleading stories threaten …

A meta-analysis was conducted to examine the extent of continued influence of
misinformation in the face of correction and the theoretical explanations of this phenomenon …

One of the most concerning notions for science communicators, fact-checkers, and
advocates of truth, is the backfire effect; this is when a correction leads to an individual …

The terms “post-truth” and “fake news” have become increasingly prevalent in public
discourse over the last year. This article explores the growing abundance of misinformation …