Tag: Conspiracy theories
Can withering public trust in government be traced back to the...
Ryan Kellus Turner, St. Edward's University
The recent release of the JFK files led to a surge of media coverage about the Kennedy assassination and...
Should we worry that half of Americans trust their gut to...
R. Kelly Garrett, The Ohio State University
Have you ever thought to yourself, “I’ll bet that’s true,” before you had all the facts? Most people...
What the Heaven’s Gate suicides say about American culture
Ben Zeller, Lake Forest College
Heaven’s Gate – also known as the “UFO cult” – burst into American consciousness 20 years ago this...
Is Google’s eagerness to answer questions promoting more falsehood online?
Thomas Maher, University of Arizona
When people have questions, they often ask Google. They expect high-quality, accurate answers. Late last year, it emerged that the...
How can we learn to reject fake news in the digital...
Thomas P. Mackey, SUNY Empire State College and Trudi Jacobson, University at Albany, State University of New York
The circulation of fake news through social...
Why the Internet isn’t making us smarter – and how to...
David Dunning, University of Michigan
In the hours since I first sat down to write this piece, my laptop tells me the National Basketball Association...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
