conspiracy theories
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Brain power
Doctors are key to overcome the COVID “infodemic”
Doctors can play a leading role in combating misinformation because even people who believe conspiracy theories still believe information about…
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Brain power
The infestation of bots and conspiracy theorists on social media pre-election
Research shows the situation hasn't improved since the 2016 US election, despite attempts by social networks to clamp down on…
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2019’s top 100 journal articles
Counter-intuitively, highly knowledgeable people can believe conspiracy theories [Top 100 journal articles of 2019]
Countering false rumours and stories in organisations needs to involve more than just aiming to make people more knowledgeable.
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Brain power
I watched an entire Flat Earth Convention for my research – here’s what I learnt
A public meeting of flat earthers is a product and sign of our times.
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Brain power
How conspiracy theories spread online
An analysis has found that it wasn’t always the people we traditionally associate with conspiracies who were most involved in…
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In the news
How the media is going to be, and has been, Trumped
The US media appears doomed to suffer Putin-style media conferences from President Trump. But the media are far from innocent…