What social media told us in the time of COVID-19: a sco** review

SF Tsao, H Chen, T Tisseverasinghe, Y Yang… - The Lancet Digital …, 2021 - thelancet.com
With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, social media has rapidly become a crucial
communication tool for information generation, dissemination, and consumption. In this …

Visual disinformation in a digital age: A literature synthesis and research agenda

T Weikmann, S Lecheler - New Media & Society, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
While a fast-growing body of research is concerned with the detrimental consequences of
disinformation for democracy, the role of visuals in this context has so far only been …

Misinformation reloaded? Fears about the impact of generative AI on misinformation are overblown

FM Simon, S Altay, H Mercier - Harvard Kennedy School …, 2023 - ora.ox.ac.uk
Many observers of the current explosion of generative AI worry about its impact on our
information environment, with concerns being raised about the increased quantity, quality …

Visual mis-and disinformation, social media, and democracy

V Dan, B Paris, J Donovan… - Journalism & Mass …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
The spread of mis-and disinformation is an increasing concern for democratic societies
around the globe (Lazer et al., 2019). In modern high-choice media environments, exposure …

Defining and measuring scientific misinformation

BG Southwell, JSB Brennen, R Paquin… - The ANNALS of the …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
We define scientific misinformation as publicly available information that is misleading or
deceptive relative to the best available scientific evidence and that runs contrary to …

[LIVRE][B] The dynamics of political communication: Media and politics in a digital age

RM Perloff - 2021 - taylorfrancis.com
The third edition of The Dynamics of Political Communication continues its comprehensive
coverage of communication and politics, focusing on problematic issues that bear on the …

Cutting through the hype: Understanding the implications of deepfakes for the fact-checking actor-network

T Weikmann, S Lecheler - Digital Journalism, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
During recent years, growing concerns about emergent formats of visual disinformation and,
in particular, deepfakes have shaped public debates and media scholarship. Empirical …

Fake news: Why do we believe it?

C Beauvais - Joint bone spine, 2022 - Elsevier
Fake news dissemination has increased greatly in recent years, with peaks during the US
presidential elections and the COVID-19 pandemic. Research has addressed fake news …

Correction experiences on social media during COVID-19

L Bode, EK Vraga - Social Media+ Society, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Despite a wealth of research examining the effectiveness of correction of misinformation, not
enough is known about how people experience such correction when it occurs on social …

Persuasive strategies in online health misinformation: a systematic review

W Peng, S Lim, J Meng - Information, Communication & Society, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT A proliferation of a variety of health misinformation is present online, particularly
during times of public health crisis. To combat online health misinformation, numerous …