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 …

Fact checkers evaluate the truthfulness of political claims appearing in public. The practice
has increased enormously in recent years. This review analyses research concerning …

Despite its growing prominence in news coverage and public discourse, there is still
considerable ambiguity regarding when and how fact-checking affects beliefs. Informed by …

Professional fact-checking, a prominent approach to combating misinformation, does not
scale easily. Furthermore, some distrust fact-checkers because of alleged liberal bias. We …

Misperceptions threaten to warp mass opinion and public policy on controversial issues in
politics, science, and health. What explains the prevalence and persistence of these false …

Fact-checking has gained prominence as a movement for revitalizing truth-seeking ideals in
journalism. While fact-checkers are often assumed to code facts accurately, few studies have …

While services for fact-checking and verification to counter fake news in social media have
increased, little research has investigated how journalists and the public perceive such …

Identifying successful approaches for reducing the belief and spread of online
misinformation is of great importance. Social media companies currently rely largely on …

Misinformation and fact-checking are opposite forces in the news environment: the former
creates inaccuracies to mislead people, while the latter provides evidence to rebut the …

Misinformation has developed into a critical societal threat that can lead to disastrous
societal consequences. Although fact-checking plays a key role in combating …