People wave flags and signs at Republican U.S. Senate candidate David McCormick’s election night watch party, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, at the Fairmont Pittsburgh...
Supporters watch Donald Trump speak at a rally in Uniondale, N.Y., on Sept. 18, 2024. Spencer Platt/Getty Images
by Alex Hinton, Rutgers University - Newark
For...
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by H. Colleen Sinclair, Louisiana State University
The problem of misinformation isn’t going away –...
Disinformation campaigns use emotional and rhetorical tricks to try to get you to share propaganda and falsehoods. hobo_018/E+ via Getty Images
– a social psychologist...
Disinformation can derail public health measures vital to controlling the spread of infectious disease.
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by Cristian Apetrei, University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences
Since health...
by Jaime Sidani, University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences; Beth Hoffman, University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences, and Maya Ragavan, University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences
Since COVID-19...
