Fake news can boost trust in government
Misinformation has a diverse impact on trust in society, with benefits for the government, at…
Are you an unwitting mercenary in the dirty Facebook disinformation wars?
There's clear evidence of global disinformation warfare, and the uncomfortable truth is that those who…
How much fake news is really shared on Facebook, and who shares it? [Top 100 journal articles of 2019]
The findings of a study of fake news sharing on Facebook have implications for knowledge…
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How misinformation can be tough to shift
People sometimes continue to use misinformation in their reasoning, even if they remember that the…
AI can create realistic deepfake videos from as little as one photo, or even artwork [Top 100 journal articles of 2019]
Deepfake videos are a very effective tool for carrying out a number of the dark…
Merchants of misinformation are all over the internet. But the real problem lies with us
Social media giants such as Facebook have been blamed for helping spread misinformation. But the…
A reading list and primer on digital disinformation
An annotated bibliography of research done in the last few years on digital disinformation.
Case studies in complexity (part 4): Mothers Opposing Pollution (MOP)
An example of an "unknown unknown" – something we don't know that we don't know.…
The urgent need for media literacy in an age of annihilation
Everyone needs to learn to ask questions about what stories are told, and the implications…
How fake news gets into our minds, and what you can do to resist it
Why is it that some 'fake news' gets us remembering things that are not true?…
