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Misinformation Sharing

Misinformation Sharing is the intentional or unintentional dissemination of false or inaccurate information within an information-sharing context, distinguished from related concepts by its focus on the propagation of content that is objectively incorrect despite the sender's intent.

122

Publications

12.7K

Citations

336

Authors

191

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

112

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Publications

122

How to fight an infodemic

John Zarocostas · The Lancet · 2020 · 2.3K citations · Full text

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Fighting COVID-19 Misinformation on Social Media: Experimental Evidence for a Scalable Accuracy-Nudge Intervention

Gordon Pennycook, Jonathon McPhetres, Yunhao Zhang et al. · Psychological Science · 2020 · 1.7K citations · Full text

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Shifting attention to accuracy can reduce misinformation online

Gordon Pennycook, Ziv Epstein, Mohsen Mosleh et al. · Nature · 2021 · 1.1K citations · Full text

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Misinformation sharing and social media fatigue during COVID-19: An affordance and cognitive load perspective

A.K.M. Najmul Islam, Samuli Laato, Md. Shamim Talukder et al. · Technological Forecasting and Social Change · 2020 · 532 citations · Full text

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The Paradox of Participation Versus Misinformation: Social Media, Political Engagement, and the Spread of Misinformation

Sebastián Valenzuela, Daniel Halpern, James E. Katz et al. · Digital Journalism · 2019 · 303 citations

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Authors

336

  1. DG
    David G. Rand

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States

    19 publications · 3.6K citations

    16

    h-index

  2. GP
    Gordon Pennycook

    University of Regina, Canada

    17 publications · 3.5K citations

    14

    h-index

  3. AJ
    Adam J. Berinsky

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States

    7 publications · 320 citations

    7

    h-index

  4. MM
    Mohsen Mosleh

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States

    5 publications · 1.4K citations

    5

    h-index

  5. ZE
    Ziv Epstein

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States

    5 publications · 1.4K citations

    5

    h-index

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Institutions

191

  1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    17 h-index

    66 publications

    15.2K citations

  2. University of Regina

    Regina, Canada

    12 h-index

    20 publications

    5.2K citations

  3. Institute of Cognitive and Brain Sciences

    New York, United States

    9 h-index

    9 publications

    3.2K citations

  4. Nanyang Technological University

    Singapore, Singapore

    8 h-index

    18 publications

    1.7K citations

  5. Data & Society Research Institute

    New York, United States

    5 h-index

    7 publications

    2.1K citations

  6. New York University

    New York, United States

    5 h-index

    11 publications

    366 citations

  7. University of Exeter

    Exeter, United Kingdom

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    1.4K citations

  8. Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

    Belo Horizonte, Brazil

    4 h-index

    10 publications

    561 citations

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Venues

  1. Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review

    8 publications · 753 citations

    7

    h-index

  2. Online Information Review

    5 publications · 224 citations

    5

    h-index

  3. Computers in Human Behavior

    4 publications · 388 citations

    4

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  4. Scientific Reports

    3 publications · 190 citations

    3

    h-index

  5. PLoS ONE

    3 publications · 328 citations

    3

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