Nearly five billion people around the world now use social media, and this number
continues to grow. One of the primary goals of social media platforms is to capture and …

The spread of misinformation threatens democratic societies, hampering informed decision-
making. Partisan identity biases perceptions of reality, promoting false beliefs. The Identity …

The extent to which belief in (mis) information reflects lack of knowledge versus a lack of
motivation to be accurate is unclear. Here, across four experiments (n= 3,364), we motivated …

Polarization has been rising in the United States of America for the past few decades and
now poses a significant—and growing—public-health risk. One of the signature features of …

Because fact-checking takes time, verdicts are usually reached after a message has gone
viral and interventions can have only limited effect. A new approach recently proposed in …

The spread of misinformation is a pressing societal challenge. Prior work shows that shifting
attention to accuracy increases the quality of people's news-sharing decisions. However …

Misinformation has risen in recent years, negatively effecting domains ranging from politics
to health. To curb the spread of misinformation it is useful to consider why, how, and when …

During health crises, misinformation may spread rapidly on social media, leading to
hesitancy towards health authorities. The COVID-19 pandemic prompted significant …

Social media inherently holds democratic potential, enabling anyone to access information,
connect with others and discuss politics. Yet, behaviors that undermine democratic norms …

“Disinformation” is false or misleading information that is deliberately created or spread. In
recent years, social media platforms have been used to rapidly disseminate disinformation …