Climate change disinformation and how to combat it

S Lewandowsky - Annual Review of Public Health, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Climate change presents a challenge at multiple levels: It challenges our cognitive abilities
because the effect of the accumulation of emissions is difficult to understand. Climate …

Conspiracy theories in online environments: An interdisciplinary literature review and agenda for future research

D Mahl, MS Schäfer, J Zeng - New media & society, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Research on conspiracy theories in digital media has grown considerably in recent years.
As a result, the field of research has become more multidisciplinary and diverse. To bridge …

From populism to the “plandemic”: Why populists believe in COVID-19 conspiracies

JM Eberl, RA Huber, E Greussing - Journal of Elections, Public …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Why are COVID-19 conspiracy theories so prevalent? Particularly, why would some citizens
ignore scientific evidence and common logic but, instead, be convinced that COVID-19 was …

An anchor in troubled times: Trust in science before and within the COVID-19 pandemic

R Bromme, NG Mede, E Thomm, B Kremer, R Ziegler - PloS one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Researchers, policy makers and science communicators have become increasingly been
interested in factors that affect public's trust in science. Recently, one such potentially …

Trust in scientists and their role in society across 68 countries

V Cologna, NG Mede, S Berger, J Besley… - Nature Human …, 2025 - nature.com
Science is crucial for evidence-based decision-making. Public trust in scientists can help
decision makers act on the basis of the best available evidence, especially during crises …

Conceptualizing “dark platforms”. Covid-19-related conspiracy theories on 8kun and Gab

J Zeng, MS Schäfer - Digital Journalism, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
This study investigates how COVID-19-related content, especially conspiracy theories, is
communicated on “dark platforms”—digital platforms that are less regulated and moderated …

Paradoxes of populism during the pandemic

R Brubaker - Thesis eleven, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Populist protests against Coronavirus-related restrictions in the US appear paradoxical in
three respects. Populism is generally hostile to expertise, yet it has flourished at a moment …

Who doesn't trust Fauci? The public's belief in the expertise and shared values of scientists in the COVID-19 pandemic

JH Evans, E Hargittai - Socius, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
The primary tension in public discourse about the US government's response to the
coronavirus pandemic has been President Trump's disagreement with scientists. The …

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 …

Medical populism

G Lasco, N Curato - Social Science & Medicine, 2019 - Elsevier
Medical emergencies are staple features of today's 24/7 culture of breaking news. As politics
becomes increasingly stylised, audiences fragmented, and established knowledge claims …