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 …

This chapter reviews research on the group identity explanation of social influence,
grounded in self-categorization theory, and contrasts it with other group-based explanations …

Donald Trump is the first US President to be on the record as having anti-vaccination
attitudes. Given his enormous reach and influence, it is worthwhile examining the extent to …

Accumulated evidence demonstrates the centrality of social psychology to the behavior of
members of the public as immediate responders in emergencies. Such public behavior is a …

For over 50 years, scientists have sounded alarms that the burning of fossil fuels is causing
changes to the Earth's climate, and that failure to take action on climate change will have …

While the proliferation of online review websites facilitate travellers' ability to obtain
information (decrease in search costs), it makes it difficult for them to process and judge …

An effective response to crises like the COVID-19 pandemic is dependent on the public
voluntarily adhering to governmental rules and guidelines. How the guidelines are …

Competition is a defining element of democracy. One of the most noteworthy events over the
last quarter-century in US politics is the change in the nature of elite party competition: The …

Of all the things we do and say, most will never be repeated or reproduced. Once in a while,
however, an idea or a practice generates a chain of transmission that covers more distance …

An enduring concern about democracies is that citizens conform too readily to the policy
views of elites in their own parties, even to the point of ignoring other information about the …