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I Don’t Care If It’s Fake News, I Believe It
“Max” Bai talks about the research on misinformation he presented at the 2022 APS Annual Convention earlier this year.
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Disinformation: Misinformation’s Evil Twin
Through a variety of efforts—including the APS COVID-19 global initiative and a new white paper for policymakers, the scientific community, the media, and the public—APS and its members are researching and combating misinformation.
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Trump’s Tweets: Telling Truth From Fiction From the Words He Used
Sometimes the words we choose say more than we intend. New research on a fact-checked collection of tweets from former president Donald Trump uncovered telltale word choices when he was being deliberately misleading. [Video Included]
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Sweden Sets Up Psychological Defense Agency to Fight Fake News, Foreign Interference
Sweden is launching a new agency to defend against a rising threat: disinformation — organized campaigns to spread false information. The Scandinavian country, home to about 10 million people, established the Swedish Psychological Defense Agency
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A ‘Nudge’ May Not Be Enough to Counter Fake News Online
It may take more than priming to get people to think critically about sharing fake stories with others.
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New Content From Perspectives on Psychological Science
A sample of articles on bodily postures, contemplative psychology, mirror neurons, deception-detection experiments, culture and development, the importance of small effects, health behaviors and mental illness, signal detection and fake news, and what makes a sports champion.