Polarization within Western societies escalates, as citizens increasingly distrust their
governments and disagree with one another in an increasingly emotional way. Departing …

Political elites play an important role in determining who wins primaries, yet comparatively
little is known about which voices in party networks matter when different intra-party signals …

Fox News is one of the most popular news sources in the United States. Yet, there are those
who reject the idea that Fox should be considered a news source in the first place, claiming …

Context: Previous research has established the importance of primary care physicians in
communicating public health directives. The implicit assumption is that, because of their …

Abstract The Catholic Church recognizes climate change as a moral issue, has called for
social action, and has the institutional potential to meaningfully address climate change …

Attitudes and behaviors related to the COVID-19 pandemic and the climate change crisis
might be driven by similar political beliefs and attitudes. The current study used a neo …

Recent academic debate has seen the emergence of a position that misinformation is not a
significant current problem. We believe that the arguments used to support this minimizing …

Appearances of elected officials on cable news have become a regular feature of American
politics. Do candidates going on cable news see a subsequent bump in fundraising? We …

French news channel CNEWS is regularly compared to Fox News due to presumed ties with
the far right, and for promoting conspiracy theories and partisan propaganda. Using data …

It has long been recognized that conspiracy narratives may be seen as a special kind of
myth. In most cases, however, this is taken as a sign of their irrational and unsubstantiated …