Numerous studies have shown that fact checking has helped reduce the spread of misinformation and disinformation online.

“Don’t try to change the way that you sound,” says "Weekend Edition Sunday" host Ayesha Rascoe. “If you grew up in Boston, you’re not going to sound like me."

Researchers show that large language models exhibit social identity biases similar to humans, having favoritism toward ingroups and hostility toward outgroups. These biases persist across models, trai...

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Our research explores how people use platforms for news and information about politics, while also remaining sceptical of the information they see there.

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Exclusive polling shows that those who see Australia as a divided nation are far more likely to vote “no” than those who see it as united.

A new, $1.5 million research grant from the John Templeton Foundation (JTF), led by UW -Madison LSC professors and Morgridge Research Institute Investigators Dietram Scheufele and Dominique Brossard, ...

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Science posters should be conversation-starters, not journal articles printed on A0 paper. It's time to get more creative with our poster making.

Social media giant Meta unveils new AI chat bot characters played by celebrities and influencers like MrBeast and Kendall Jenner.

All major online platform signatories of the Code of Practice on Disinformation (Google, Meta, Microsoft and TikTok) have delivered a second set of reports on the implementation of the Code of Practic...