So you’re about to head off for a well-deserved annual leave & are looking for something to read at [enter a location], but Nordic noir & rom-com are not really you’re genres? We’ve got you covered. Here’s a list of summer reading for #disinfo aficionados interested in research.
It's often claimed that conspiracy thinking is becoming more & more common. @JoeUscinski et al ran 3 studies to find out, if it's really the case. Long story short – they didn’t find any systematic evidence for an increase in conspiracism. journals.plos.org/plosone/articl…
All too often, people not only believe misinformation, but also condone misinformation they don't believe. Daniel Effron & @BA_Helgason had a look at 3 psychological factors that might explain this phenomenon: partisanship, imagination & repetition. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
The threat of deepfakes has been around for some years now. Bart van der Sloot & Yvette Wagensveld argue that the legal regime already regulates & prohibits most harmful deepfakes. Instead, the main problem regarding deepfakes lies with enforcement. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
Researchers tend to overlook the question of how audiences themselves interpret the meaning of disinformation & mitigate the risks it poses to their understanding of the world. @Maria_Kyriakid et al set out to find some answers. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…
Ample mis- and disinformation around COVID-19 has been one of the biggest challenges during the pandemic. @frapi9 et al investigated the links between COVID-19 vaccination rates and vaccine hesitancy, and levels of online misinformation about vaccines. nature.com/articles/s4159…
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