In Fiji, 95% of adults have received one jab and 80% are fully vaccinated. In PNG, however, less than 1% of the population is fully vaccinated – and the country is giving away its vaccines.
Academic rigour, journalistic flair
Articles on Misinformation
Displaying 201 - 220 of 367 articles
Nicki Minaj’s international anti-vaccine fiasco reveals the life-and-death stakes at the heart of normalizing a culture of fandom tribalism.
Doctors, nurses, pharmacists and others all had their own cures for the Spanish flu. But some of these may have made things worse.
Ivermectin is the most recent example of a medication touted as a miracle drug for COVID-19 without solid medical evidence supporting its use.
Anti-vaccine activists are using the side effect reporting system to spread fear and misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccines. But the database could also be used as a gauge for public concerns.
We all have biases that impact what information we choose to accept and reject. But there are some ways we can train ourselves to become more discerning.
If we’re to avert a climate disaster, we must not underestimate the power of climate misinformation campaigns to undermine this week’s IPCC findings.
A terse piece of legislation from 1996 has been credited with creating the internet as we know it – and blamed for the flood of misinformation and other ills that have come with it.
The circulation of misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccine poses the danger of hampering the government’s efforts to control the pandemic.
Combating vaccine misinformation on social media requires blocking sources of misinformation – and giving researchers access to data about how misinformation spreads.
At this stage of the pandemic, when behavioural change is so key to vaccine take-up, the government ignores the views of the public at its peril.
Rumble is a Canadian video-streaming platform that presents itself as an alternative to YouTube. Because Rumble does not censor content, right wing conspiracy theories have proliferated on the site.
Tighter controls are not the answer; the opportunity should be used to think differently about trust and journalism. It is critical to enable audiences to distinguish reliable, verified information.
The strong disapproval of the South African government’s handling of the pandemic is a warning that crafting persuasive pro-vaccine messages is not enough.
Despite fake news commonly being cited as a danger to society, very little research has been conducted on its ability to alter what people think.
Science denial is not new, but researchers have learned a lot about it. Here’s why it exists, how everyone is susceptible to it in one way or another and steps to take to overcome it.
The difference between conspiratorial thinking and believing the official narrative isn’t necessarily as big as you might you think.
The majority of those punished under the laws to combat false information are opposition politicians or journalists.
Canadians are increasingly turning to private messaging apps where COVID-19 misinformation and conspiracy theories spread in an unregulated manner.
Gardening provides a helpful metaphor to help us understand how individual and platform approaches to misinformation need to be accompanied by policy and cultural reforms.
Job Board
-
Head of School, School of Arts & Social Sciences, Monash University Malaysia
-
Chief Operating Officer (COO)
-
Clinical Teaching Fellow
-
Data Manager
-
Director, Social Policy
Top contributors
-
Professor and Chair, Department of Journalism, Stellenbosch University
-
Professor of Social Psychology in Society, University of Cambridge
-
Professor of Information Systems, Michigan State University
-
Chair of Cognitive Psychology, University of Bristol
-
Senior Research Fellow, Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, The University of Melbourne
-
Associate Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies, Royal Roads University
-
Lecturer in Journalism, University of Sheffield
-
Associate Research Professor of Social Psychology, Louisiana State University
-
Postdoctoral Fellow, Psychology, University of Cambridge
-
Professor of Informatics and Computer Science, Indiana University
-
Associate professor, Institute for Governance and Policy Analysis, University of Canberra, University of Canberra
-
Professor of Philosophy and Director, Applied Ethics Center, UMass Boston
-
Assistant Professor of Professional Practice, School of Media and Strategic Communications, Oklahoma State University
-
Professor, Queensland University of Technology
-
Professor of Education and (by courtesy) History, Stanford University
