Tag: disinformation
How many bots are on Twitter? The question is difficult to...
Kai-Cheng Yang, Indiana University and Filippo Menczer, Indiana University
Twitter reports that fewer than 5% of accounts are fakes...
Elon Musk’s plans for Twitter could make its misinformation problems worse
Anjana Susarla, Michigan State University
Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, acquired Twitter in...
Fact-checking may be important, but it won’t help Americans learn to...
Taylor Dotson, New Mexico Tech
Entering the new year, Americans are increasingly divided. They clash not only over differing...
What will 2022 bring in the way of misinformation on social...
Anjana Susarla, Michigan State University; Dam Hee Kim, University of Arizona, and Ethan Zuckerman, UMass Amherst
At the end...
To navigate the dangers of the web, you need critical thinking...
Sam Wineburg, Stanford University
The web is a treacherous place.
A website’s author may not be...
7 ways to avoid becoming a misinformation superspreader
H. Colleen Sinclair, Mississippi State University
The problem of misinformation isn’t going away. Internet platforms like Facebook and Twitter...
Misinformation-spewing cable companies come under scrutiny
Joshua Braun, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Looking at political violence in the U.S., a New Jersey state legislator sent...
Incitement to violence is rarely explicit – here are some techniques...
H. Colleen Sinclair, Mississippi State University
As senators plan for an impeachment trial in which former President Donald Trump is accused of inciting his supporters...
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...
