Misinformation - Get the Facts

Over the last decade, the divisions, political upheaval, and a pandemic have cumulatively brought disinformation to the forefront of our everyday research. Whether you are checking on the local news or national political agenda we now find ourselves evaluating the myriad of information set before us in the classroom, the web, and our phone apps

Review the scholarly literature to learn more about misinformation in the general discourse or check out more topical sections below.

• Psychological Inoculation against Misinformation: Current Evidence and Future Directions https://doi.org/10.1177%2F00027162221087936
• Debunking: A Meta-Analysis of the Psychological Efficacy of Messages Countering Misinformation https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0956797617714579
• A systematic literature review on disinformation: Toward a unified taxonomical framework https://doi.org/10.1177%2F1461444820959296 
• Deepfakes, misinformation and disinformation and authenticity infrastructure responses: Impacts on frontline witnessing, distant witnessing, and civic journalism https://doi.org/10.1177%2F14648849211060644 
• The disconcerting potential of online disinformation: Persuasive effects of astroturfing comments and three strategies for inoculation against them https://doi.org/10.1177%2F1461444820908530  

[Astroturfing & John Oliver https://youtu.be/Fmh4RdIwswE]

Social Media

Diffusion of disinformation: How social media users respond to fake news and why https://doi.org/10.1177%2F1464884919868325 

• Creating News Literacy Messages to Enhance Expert Corrections of Misinformation on Twitter https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0093650219898094 
• Asymmetric adjustment: Partisanship and correcting misinformation on Facebook https://doi.org/10.1177%2F14614448211021720 
• Misinformation on Instagram: The Impact of Trusted Endorsements on Message Credibility https://doi.org/10.1177%2F2056305120935102 

Political

Emotions, Partisanship, and Misperceptions: How Anger and Anxiety Moderate the Effect of Partisan Bias on Susceptibility to Political Misinformation https://doi.org/10.1111/jcom.12164 

Longitudinal 

Mapping Recent Development in Scholarship on Fake News and Misinformation, 2008 to 2017: Disciplinary Contribution, Topics, and Impact https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0002764219869402 

Social Justice - Critical Race Theory

Identity propaganda: Racial narratives and disinformation  https://doi.org/10.1177%2F14614448211029293 

Ukraine War tie-in: 2021 article

Forensic conflict studies: Making sense of war in the social media age https://doi.org/10.1177%2F17506352211037325 

Journals

Journal of Trust Research 

See the COVID-19 Misinformation page for Health related scholarly resources.