Whether or not political leaders pay a price for spreading misinformation has profound implications for democracy. In this paper, we identify the conditions under which corrections of misinformation c...

In 1954, Dorothy Martin predicted an apocalyptic flood and promised her followers rescue by flying saucers. When neither arrived, she recanted, her group dissolved, and efforts to proselytize ceased....

A recent study shows that fact-checking reduces false belief in misinformation

As co-directors, Bailard and Porter aim to strengthen IDDP’s role in supporting informed public dialogue.

IDDP’s mission is to help the public, journalists, and policymakers understand digital media’s influence on public dialogue and opinion.

Rethinking Citizen Competence: A New Theoretical and Empirical Framework - Volume 55

Botstein, born in 1946 in Europe to Holocaust survivors, has led the liberal arts college for 50 years.

Micro-sabbaticals at GW’s Institute for Data, Democracy & Politics (IDDP) provide a 2-4 week-long visit to IDDP.

By one account, roughly 70% of Americans regard misinformation as a major threat, outpacing fears about climate change and infectious disease (1). This is true although the current and longer-term imp...

Multiple sources shared details with the Daily Beast about a meeting in which the ABC News president delivered a message that left the co-hosts unnerved.

The George Washington University Institute for Data, Democracy and Politics (IDDP) seeks exceptional candidates for a full-time, academic research position at the rank of post-doctoral fellow. The mis...

Abstract. Social science experiments often expose participants to false, deceptive, or otherwise harmful content. In an effort to mitigate the effects of s

A proposal for how to build a more durable Democratic coalition

Trumpism won't last forever. But people are going to suffer, and it will take decades to recover.

Shoves, nudges and combating misinformation: evidence on a new approach

The Future Coalition PAC is targeting according to ZIP code in highly specific ways.

Cambridge Core - Politics: General Interest - How News Coverage of Misinformation Shapes Perceptions and Trust

Combating Hateful Attitudes and Online Browsing Behavior: The Case of Antisemitism

Factual corrections that target misinformation improve belief accuracy. They do so across a wide variety of countries, political beliefs and demograph…

The Israeli army has marked tens of thousands of Gazans as suspects for assassination, using an AI targeting system with little human oversight and a permissive policy for casualties, +972 and Local C...