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 …

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 …

Digital media are critical for contemporary activism—even low-effort “clicktivism” is politically
consequential and contributes to offline participation. We argue that in the United States and …

The scale, volume, and distribution speed of disinformation raise concerns in governments,
businesses, and citizens. To respond effectively to this problem, we first need to …

Background Proliferation of misinformation in digital news environments can harm society in
a number of ways, but its dangers are most acute when citizens believe that false news is …

The World Health Organization has declared that misinformation shared on social media
about Covid-19 is an" infodemic" that must be fought alongside the pandemic itself. We …

Despite renewed interest in news literacy (NL) as a way to combat mis-and dis-information,
existing scholarship is plagued by insufficient theory building and inadequate …

Media permeate our lives and are so omnipresent that we take them for granted and
overlook their impact. Mobile communication devices, the internet, and social networking …

A by-product of today's hybrid media system is that genres—once uniformly defined and
enforced—are now murky and contested. We develop the concept of news-ness, defined as …

Interest in news literacy inside and outside the academy has grown alongside related
concerns about the quality of news and information available. Attempts to fully define …