Disinformation about deadly wildfires in the United States and Canada has run rampant across social media, with posts falsely blaming coordinated arson, lasers—and plans to develop "smart cities."
Environment
Sep 9, 2023
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People who primarily use their own gut feeling to determine what is true and false are more likely to believe conspiracy theories. That is the conclusion of researchers at Linköping University, Sweden, who have investigated ...
Social Sciences
Sep 7, 2023
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Climate change-denying social media accounts are exploiting the deadly wildfires in Hawaii to push conspiracy theories that high-energy lasers were used to spark the flames.
Social Sciences
Aug 19, 2023
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Misinformation pervades U.S. politics.
Political science
Aug 15, 2023
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Conspiracy theory beliefs and (more generally) misinformation may be groundless, but they can have a range of harmful real-world consequences, including spreading lies, undermining trust in media and government institutions ...
Social Sciences
Aug 2, 2023
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In recent years, anti-immigration sentiment and conspiracy theories have become widespread across the U.S. and Europe.
Social Sciences
Jul 28, 2023
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At the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, at least 557 million workers were forced to work from home.
Social Sciences
Jul 26, 2023
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The transition to an environmentally sustainable economy has begun, but it will be a generation (about twenty years) before we will see moderation of global warming. The cost of reducing climate pollution faster would be ...
Environment
Jul 17, 2023
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Most of us still call them UFOs—unidentified flying objects. NASA recently adopted the term "unidentified anomalous phenomena," or UAP. Either way, every few years popular claims resurface that these things are not of our ...
Social Sciences
Jul 17, 2023
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New research has shown that having positive contact with people from diverse groups can reduce the development of harmful intergroup conspiracy beliefs.
Social Sciences
Jul 17, 2023
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