As the referendum date approaches, campaigns may use misinformation to spark emotions in people to get them to vote a certain way. Here are some ways to spot dishonest claims and misinformation.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr at an anti-vaccine and mask march in Washington, DC.
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‘Congress shall make no law … abridging the freedom of speech.’ It’s often misunderstood, by many Americans. A constitutional scholar explains what it really boils down to.
Beset by advertisements and noxious information, our attention is increasingly fractured.
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A university course teaches students why people believe false and evidence-starved claims, to show them how to determine what’s accurate and real and what’s neither.
Understanding our confirmation biases can help us tackle fake news and misinformation.
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Teaching students about information literacy can help them determine what kinds of practices make news reports trustworthy.
Fake reviews of products and services are rampant online – and are often hard to pick out from the real ones.
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The intersection of content management, misinformation, aggregated data about human behavior and crowdsourcing shows how fragile Twitter is and what would be lost with the platform’s demise.
A man holding a Q sign waits in line to enter a Donald Trump rally in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., in 2018.
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Assistant Professor of Communication Studies College of Arts and Sciences Department of Languages, Literature, and Communication Studies, Northern State University