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 …

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 …

Humans have the capacity, but perhaps not always the willingness, for great intelligence.
From global warming to the spread of misinformation and beyond, our species is facing …

Misinformation presents a significant societal problem. To measure individuals' susceptibility
to misinformation and study its predictors, researchers have used a broad variety of ad-hoc …

Fraud not only damages the wealth and reputation of individuals, but also poses a threat to
social security. Although the relationship between financial literacy and resident fraud …

Why is misleading partisan content believed and shared? An influential account posits that
political partisanship pervasively biases reasoning, such that engaging in analytic thinking …

Abstract “Why do people believe blatantly inaccurate news headlines? Do we use our
reasoning abilities to convince ourselves that statements that align with our ideology are …

Misinformation represents one of the greatest challenges for the functioning of societies in
the information age. Drawing on a signal-detection framework, the current research …

Although misinformation exposure takes place within a social context, significant
conclusions have been drawn about misinformation susceptibility through studies that …

Purpose The ballooning health misinformation on social media raises grave concerns.
Drawing upon the SOR (Stimulus-Organism-Response) model and the information …