Research roundups, tip sheets, articles and explainers about the widespread problem of misinformation and disinformation in the media
This collection of research offers insights into the impacts of fake news and other forms of misinformation, including fake Twitter images, and how people use the internet to spread rumors and misinformation.
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Talk of fake news dominated the 2016 presidential election cycle. New research examines how people fall for such disinformation.
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Conservatives who are familiar with politics and have little trust in institutions are more likely than liberals to endorse conspiracy theories, argues a recent study.
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2014 roundup of research on the health effects of putting fluoride in public water systems as well as a primer to help journalists avoid “he said, she said” reporting on the issue.
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2015 review of public health and communications research suggesting that messages to address growing noncompliance with vaccines must be modified and tested.
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One year after the Boston Marathon bombing, we round up a selection of research-based papers and reports that, cumulatively, help consolidate the “lessons learned.”
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2015 Overview of tools that can help journalists assess the reliability of materials generated by users and diffused through social media
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Thomas Patterson of Harvard’s Shorenstein Center explores why misinformation is on the rise and what can be done about it. Part of the foundation series of essays for the launch of the U.S. edition of The Conversation website.
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2014 study from Stanford researchers showing how question wording affected responses to surveys about President Obama’s birth origins and nationality.
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2012 metastudy in Psychological Science in the Public Interest on how misinformation originates and spreads and why it is difficult to correct.
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