Our world is becoming more polarized than ever before, with a growing number of extremist
groups spreading radical worldviews. Here, we adopt a broad definition of radicalization. For …

This study measured political radicalization and support for the January 6th riot alongside a
measure of QAnon conspiracy beliefs in an online survey of 429 US-based participants. The …

Introduction QAnon, in the United States, has become something of household name due to
its role in the January 6th insurrection, and because of the relatively high degree of media …

Disinformation has endangered the most vulnerable communities within our world. The anti-
trafficking movement in particular has been adversely impacted by disinformation tactics …

Implications This preliminary investigation considered the hashtag# SaveTheChildren,
which provided a case study for the contention we have observed between activism and …

doTERRA and Young Living are multi-level marketing (MLM) companies sustained by
distribution networks of women who sell their trademark essential oil products. We argue …

Viral online disinformation is misleading content that is generated to manipulate public
opinion and to circulate rapidly in the digital space. Although viral disinformation has …

In March of 2022, The Walt Disney Company voiced opposition to Florida's “Parental Rights
in Education”(“Don't Say Gay”) in support of LGBTQ+ stakeholders within the company and …

This paper explores a lightweight, quantitative audit methodology for transparency
disclosures called scrappy audits. It amounts to little more than treating redundant and …

qanon, a baseless conspiracy theory, originated in the darkest recesses of the internet,
including online message boards such as 4chan and 8chan. The QAnon conspiracy theory …