Purpose. This study investigates how social media environments shape evaluations of political information, focusing on whether nuanced viewpoints are devalued relative to more outspoken, radical expre...

Politics and personal values influence people’s confidence in scientists, according to a report.

This paper investigates how individuals respond to corrective interventions based on accuracy nudges and source credibility cues, with a particular focus on how these effects vary across issue types a...

Learn fact-checking skills online with Poynter. Verify claims, evaluate sources and navigate misinformation and AI-generated content.

A new study finds that hundreds of lives have been saved since school-age girls were offered the HPV jab in 2008.

Republicans now identify more with the GOP than Trump, a sharp reversal that could reshape the party’s midterm campaign strategy.

The Wall Street Journal analyzed nearly 70,000 hours of podcasts, using a new AI tool, to find out why conservative creators appear to be losing interest in the president.

Public health interventions include any effort or policy that attempts to improve the health among individuals or an entire population. They can be run by governmental health departments or non-govern...

This week’s video dives into identity and belonging, and how these shape what we believe.

Over the last decade, conspiracy theories and beliefs in them have become a more pressing social and political problem. Despite different media being the main channels through which conspiracy theo...

Explore how trust shapes what we believe and what those beliefs mean for public health communication, policy and practice.

A new report from Yale School of Public Health and the Edelman Trust Institute reveals the complex factors underlying how personal beliefs about health come to be.

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Introducing my new course and how identity and community shape what we believe

Cognitive processes underlying beliefs are central to the adoption of misinformation, yet how social identities shape them remains relatively underexplored. In a preregistered experiment (N = 455), w...

Andrea Ellis joins me to discuss the hidden incentives behind wellness influencers, how faith and conspiracy thinking intersect in this space, and how she now advocates for media literacy.

This paper outlines six actionable practices to help scientists effectively reach and engage broad audiences, with a focus on leveraging modern media and emerging dissemination channels. We encourage ...

In this mixed-methods study, Zhang et al. examine AI companionship and psychological well-being, finding that the association depends on usage patterns and users’ offline social contexts.

Four YSPH students responded to an unconventional challenge from Assistant Professor Kristina Talbert-Slagle, PhD. Instead of a final paper, build something

TL;DR The data center backlash isn’t NIMBY, isn’t misinformation, and isn’t Chinese bots.

As generative AI makes it easier to create synthetic visuals at scale and speed in digital information environments, AI-driven visual disinformation is becoming more common on social media. However...

New evidence released Monday shows that Dan Ariely, professor of business administration in the Fuqua School of Business, likely tampered with or fabricated data in an influential research paper from ...