One evening in early June, a week after 19 students and two teachers were shot and killed at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, extremism researcher Kesa White started seeing media reports of another mass shooting, ...
Social Sciences
Jul 5, 2022
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"21 dead in Texas elementary school shooting."
Social Sciences
Jun 1, 2022
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Social media sites continue to amplify misinformation and conspiracy theories. To address this concern, an interdisciplinary team of computer scientists, physicists and social scientists led by the University of South Florida ...
Social Sciences
Feb 3, 2022
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A wall of sand over 100 metres high swallowed a city on the fringes of the Gobi desert in northwestern China, in scenes reminiscent of a disaster film.
Environment
Jul 27, 2021
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One high-profile theory of why people share fake news says that they aren't paying sufficient attention. The proposed solution is therefore to nudge people in the right direction. For example, "accuracy primes"—short reminders ...
Social Sciences
Jun 14, 2021
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Slanted media outlets are often blamed for growing polarization, but new research points to another consequence of consuming partisan news: an erosion of trust in the media.
Social Sciences
Mar 29, 2021
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The ability to identify misinformation only benefits people who have some skepticism toward social media, according to a new study from Washington State University.
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Mar 5, 2021
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Readers pay attention when social media sites label an article as "unverified" or "suspicious," a new study suggests.
Social Sciences
Mar 5, 2021
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Americans who rely on social media as their main source of news are more likely believe false or unproven stories about important topics such as politics and COVID-19, a survey showed Monday.
Social Sciences
Feb 22, 2021
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The largest collection of public internet censorship data ever compiled shows that even citizens of the world's freest countries are not safe from internet censorship.
Social Sciences
Nov 17, 2020
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