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Following news on social media boosts knowledge, belief accuracy and trust.

Many worry that news on social media leaves people uninformed or even misinformed. Here we conducted a preregistered two-wave online field experiment in France and Germany (N = 3,395) to estimate the …

Altay, S., Hoes, E., & Wojcieszak, M. (2025). Following news on social media boosts knowledge, belief accuracy and trust.. Nat Hum Behav, 9(9), 1833-1842. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-025-02205-6

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The Role of Influencers and Echo Chambers in the Diffusion of Vaccine Misinformation: Opinion Mining in a Taiwanese Online Community.

BACKGROUND: Prevalence and spread of misinformation are a concern for the exacerbation of vaccine hesitancy and a resulting reduction in vaccine intent. However, few studies have focused on how vaccin…

Cognition politique et traitement des médias

Yin, J. D., Wu, T. C., Chen, C. Y., Lin, F., & Wang, X. (2025). The Role of Influencers and Echo Chambers in the Diffusion of Vaccine Misinformation: Opinion Mining in a Taiwanese Online Community.. JMIR Infodemiology, 5, e57951. https://doi.org/10.2196/57951

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Generative artificial intelligence-mediated confirmation bias in health information seeking.

Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) applications, such as ChatGPT, are transforming how individuals access health information, offering conversational and highly personalized interactions. Whil…

Biais de confirmation et polarisation politique

Lopez-Lopez, E., Abels, C. M., Holford, D., Herzog, S. M., & Lewandowsky, S. (2025). Generative artificial intelligence-mediated confirmation bias in health information seeking.. Ann N Y Acad Sci, 1550(1), 23-36. https://doi.org/10.1111/nyas.15413

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Contested science communication: Representations of scientists and their science in newspaper articles and the associated comment sections.

This qualitative study uses inductive thematic analysis to investigate how journalists and their readers perceive scientists. The data-driven approach was applied to 84 articles (reporting on the cont…

Donois, K. K., Goodings, L., Finlay, M., & Gibson, N. (2025). Contested science communication: Representations of scientists and their science in newspaper articles and the associated comment sections.. Public Underst Sci, 34(6), 810-828. https://doi.org/10.1177/09636625251325453

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The effect of teaching, social, and cognitive presence on student engagement in online courses: a structural equation modelling approach.

Using the Community of Inquiry (CoI) framework, this study investigates the effects of teaching presence, social presence, and cognitive presence on student engagement in online courses. Most existing…

Numérique : perception de la présence d'autres individus dans un environnement numérique sans interaction

Alshammari, S. H., & Alrehaili, T. A. (2025). The effect of teaching, social, and cognitive presence on student engagement in online courses: a structural equation modelling approach.. Acta Psychol (Amst), 258, 105183. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.105183

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The Eternal Allure of the Panacea: How Narratives and Biases Sustain Pseudocures.

The dream of a universal cure has persisted throughout history, evolving from ancient myths to modern pseudoscience. This essay explores the cultural and cognitive resilience of the panacea archetype,…

Biais de confirmation et polarisation politique

Bacchi, A. D. (2025). The Eternal Allure of the Panacea: How Narratives and Biases Sustain Pseudocures.. J Med Humanit. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10912-025-09971-4

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Covert orienting: the dark matter of social attention.

Covert visual attention is often seen as a lab phenomenon. Yet, in real-life, people routinely shift their attention to others without moving their eyes, a fact overlooked in most research. To truly u…

Foulsham, T., & Kingstone, A. (2025). Covert orienting: the dark matter of social attention.. Trends Cogn Sci, 29(7), 597-599. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2025.05.001

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Motivations to connect with like-minded audiences increase partisan sharing on social media.

Social media have been accused of facilitating the spread of partisan, hostile, and false news in ways that may foster ideological and affective polarization. Prior research has emphasized that indivi…

Marie, A., & Petersen, M. B. (2025). Motivations to connect with like-minded audiences increase partisan sharing on social media.. PNAS Nexus, 4(7), pgaf197. https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgaf197

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The effects of social media criticism against public health institutions on trust, emotions, and social media engagement.

In recent years, trust in US public health and science institutions has faced unprecedented declines, particularly among Republicans/conservatives. To what extent might institutional criticism on soci…

Lee, J. Y. (2025). The effects of social media criticism against public health institutions on trust, emotions, and social media engagement.. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 122(26), e2422890122. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2422890122

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Modularity of Online Social Networks and COVID-19 Misinformation Spreading in Russia: Combining Social Network Analysis and National Representative Survey.

BACKGROUND: The outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 in 2019 was accompanied by a rise in the popularity of conspiracy theories. These theories often undermined vaccination efforts. There is evidence that the sprea…

Pavlenko, B. (2025). Modularity of Online Social Networks and COVID-19 Misinformation Spreading in Russia: Combining Social Network Analysis and National Representative Survey.. JMIR Infodemiology, 5, e58302. https://doi.org/10.2196/58302

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Finnish parliamentary speeches dataset.

In this Data Descriptor, we introduce a dataset on Finnish parliamentary speeches and the background characteristics of politicians who speak in the parliament. The database includes all parliamentary…

Simola, S., Nieminen, J., & Tukiainen, J. (2025). Finnish parliamentary speeches dataset.. Sci Data, 12(1), 1063. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-05056-y

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Measurement, Characterization, and Mapping of COVID-19 Misinformation in Spain: Cross-Sectional Study.

BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic has been accompanied by an unprecedented infodemic characterized by the widespread dissemination of misinformation. Globally, misinformation about COVID-19 has led to…

Cognition politique et traitement des médias

Alvarez-Galvez, J., Lagares-Franco, C., Ortega-Martin, E., De, S. o. l. a. . H., Rojas-García, A., Sanz-Marcos, P., Almenara-Barrios, J., Kassianos, A. P., Montagni, I., Camacho-García, M., Serrano-Macías, M., & Carretero-Bravo, J. (2025). Measurement, Characterization, and Mapping of COVID-19 Misinformation in Spain: Cross-Sectional Study.. JMIR Infodemiology, 5, e69945. https://doi.org/10.2196/69945

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