There is a worryingly large chasm between scientific consensus and popular opinion.
Roughly one third of Americans are skeptical that humans are primarily responsible for …

Video game streaming platforms have reached high popularity within the last years. As one
of these popular platforms, Twitch provides users with the opportunity to participate in …

Online video games afford co‐play and social interaction, often anonymous, among players
from around the world. As predicted by the social identity model of deindividuation effects …

Recent research has shown that for some topics, messages to refute and revise
misconceptions may backfire. The current research offers one possible account for this …

Previous work suggests that people's preference for different kinds of information depends
on more than just accuracy. This could happen because the messages contained within …

This chapter reviews the processing of provenance information in the context of the public
engagement with science. It discusses the several conceptual and terminological ideas that …

Research is often fueled by researchers' scientific, but also their personal interests:
Sometimes, researchers decide to pursue a specific research question because the answer …

There is substantial evidence indicating that the NRA's (National Rifle Association) political
influence is closely tied to the deep political engagement of the minority of Americans who …

Objective Recent research suggests that a gun owner social identity may undergird the deep
political engagement of US gun rights supporters. We adapt social psychological measures …

Despite widespread concern, research on the consequences of misinformation on people's
attitudes is surprisingly scant. To fill in this gap, the current study examines the long-term …