Tag: Misinformation
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...
Facebook became Meta – and the company’s dangerous behavior came into...
Eric Smalley, The Conversation
Meta, née Facebook, had a rough year in 2021, in public opinion if not financially....
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...
3 ways Congress could hold Facebook accountable for its actions
Anjana Susarla, Michigan State University; Bhaskar Chakravorti, Tufts University, and Ryan Calo, University of Washington
Facebook may have changed...
What Big Oil knew about climate change, in its own words
Benjamin Franta, Stanford University
Four years ago, I traveled around America, visiting historical archives. I was looking for documents...
Science denial: Why it happens and 5 things you can do...
Barbara K. Hofer, Middlebury and Gale Sinatra, University of Southern California
Science denial became deadly in 2020. Many political...
From UFOs to COVID conspiracy theories, we all struggle with the...
Meg Elkins, RMIT University and Robert Hoffmann, RMIT University
For ufologists the US government’s eagerly anticipated report of “unidentified...
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...
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...
