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Disinformation is being privatized around the world. This new industry is built on a dangerous combination of cheap labor, high-tech algorithms and emotional national narratives.
COVID-19 has a long incubation time, and testing can take days to get results. Don’t let continually rising case numbers make you give up on staying at home.
There is a troubling disconnect between a once-iconic institution and broader society.
Most people reading this article will have also read their horoscope at least once. Even though scientific studies have never found evidence for the claims astrologers make, some people still think astrology…
On a clear day one can see North Somerset – the future site of Britain’s Hinkley Point C new nuclear power station – from Cardiff Bay, across the Severn Estuary. Deep in hilly Powys, arguments rage around…
People are wildly wrong when we ask them about many aspects of life in Britain, as shown in a new survey by Ipsos MORI for the Royal Statistical Society and King’s College London. We think one in four…
Stigma can take a heavy toll on people who suffer from mental illness. Being shunned, feared, devalued and discriminated against can impair recovery and deepen social isolation and distress. Many sufferers…
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Professor of Psychology, The University of Melbourne
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Adam Corner is a Friend of The Conversation.
Honorary Research Fellow in Psychology, Affiliate of the centre for Climate Change & Social Transformations (CAST), Cardiff University
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Professor of Public Policy and Director of the Policy Institute, King's College London
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Professor of Research Methodology, University of Essex
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Science Communication Researcher, Stellenbosch University
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University of Cape Town
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AARC Research Fellow, Australian National University
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Research Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, University of Michigan
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Research associate, Stellenbosch University
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Associate Professor of Journalism and Digital Audiences, Arizona State University
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Extraordinary lecturer, University of Pretoria
