The spread of misinformation poses a considerable threat to public health and the
successful management of a global pandemic. For example, studies find that exposure to …

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 …

There has been increasing concern with the growing infusion of misinformation, or “fake
news”, into public discourse and politics in many western democracies. Our article first …

Misinformation such as fake news and rumors is a serious threat for information ecosystems
and public trust. The emergence of large language models (LLMs) has great potential to …

Rationale The COVID-19 pandemic poses extraordinary challenges to public health.
Objective Because the novel coronavirus is highly contagious, the widespread use of …

Objective To review misinformation related to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on
social media during the first phase of the pandemic and to discuss ways of countering …

The spread of misinformation is a global phenomenon, with implications for elections, state-
sanctioned violence, and health outcomes. Yet, even though scholars have investigated the …

Much like a viral contagion, misinformation can spread rapidly from one individual to
another. Inoculation theory offers a logical basis for developing a psychological “vaccine” …

This study investigates the long-term effectiveness of active psychological inoculation as a
means to build resistance against misinformation. Using 3 longitudinal experiments (2 …

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 …