With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, social media has rapidly become a crucial
communication tool for information generation, dissemination, and consumption. In this …

This literature review examines social scientific evidence regarding the existence, causes,
and effects of online echo chambers in the context of concerns about digital platforms …

There has been growing concern about the role social media plays in political polarization.
We investigated whether out-group animosity was particularly successful at generating …

Despite calls for political consensus, there is growing evidence that the public response to
the COVID-19 pandemic has been politicized in the US. We examined the extent to which …

Objective To study the US public's health behaviors, attitudes, and policy opinions about
COVID-19 in the earliest weeks of the national health crisis (March 20–23, 2020). Method …

While scientific uncertainty always invites the risk of politicization and raises questions of
how to communicate about science, this risk is magnified for COVID-19. The limited data and …

During a pandemic, news media play a crucial role in communicating public health and
policy information. Traditional newspaper coverage is important amidst increasing …

The proliferation of anti-vaccination arguments is a threat to the success of many
immunization programmes. Effective rebuttal of contrarian arguments requires an approach …

In the current paper, we argue that to get a better understanding of the psychological
antecedents of COVID-related science skepticism, it is pivotal to review what is known about …

The COVID-19 pandemic has made it clear that effective public health messaging is an
indispensable component of a robust pandemic response system. In this article, we review …