As citizens across the world await a vaccine to end the coronavirus pandemic, a survey by Pew Research Center published Tuesday has good news: scientists and their research are widely viewed positively across much of the ...
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Sep 29, 2020
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The brain can be untrustworthy when it comes to deciphering fake news, and especially when headlines are repeated, presented with photos, or generally easy to imagine, experts from The Australia National University (ANU) ...
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Sep 18, 2020
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The term 'fake news' has been a part of our vocabulary since the 2016 US presidential election. As the amount of fake news in circulation grows larger and larger, particularly in the United States, it often spreads like wildfire. ...
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Aug 24, 2020
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A new study led by researchers at McGill University finds that people who get their news from social media are more likely to have misperceptions about COVID-19. Those that consume more traditional news media have fewer misperceptions ...
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Jul 29, 2020
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The triple burden endured by women in productive, reproductive, and community roles has been exposed and intensified due to COVID-19-enforced lockdown and quarantine restrictions. Rsearchers conducted interviews with women ...
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Jul 21, 2020
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To stay current about the COVID-19 pandemic, people need to process health information when they read the news. Inevitably, that means people will be exposed to health misinformation, too, in the form of false content, often ...
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Jul 9, 2020
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Today we release the findings from our new research into how young Australians consume and think about news media.
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Jul 6, 2020
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Earlier this month, President Donald Trump tweeted that defunding the police would "be good for Robbers & Rapists." Last week, after signing his tepid executive order on policing, he proffered that "without police, there ...
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Jun 30, 2020
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A new study by UCLA professors offers a new way to understand how unfounded conspiracy theories emerge online. The research, which combines sophisticated artificial intelligence and a deep knowledge of how folklore is structured, ...
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Jun 26, 2020
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As anti-racism solidarity protests continue around the world, new research suggests mainstream media have a tendency to focus on the violence and spectacle of a protest rather than the substance. That mentality and approach ...
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Jun 24, 2020
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