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SIBF 2023 - Influencing is hard work, says expert panel discussing and dissecting impacts of social media

I have been invited to the Sharjah International Book Fair, to present my book and research on digital and social media.

The dark side of life

BBC Wildlife July covers our research on twitter response to the nature documentary Our Planet.

Misinformation alarmism taps into the tendency to view other people as gullible, study suggests

A study in New Media & Society suggests that people feel threatened by misinformation because they believe other people are more vulnerable to believing it than they are.

What the misinformation scare reveals about faith in democracy

The Washington Post covers our research on third-person effect and perceived danger of misinformation.

New research highlights the misinformation about misinformation research

A paper published in the journal Social Media + Society identifies six misconceptions about misinformation.

Se battre contre la désinformation ou pour l'information?

An article on Futura Science (in French) on our model showing that focusing on engagment with true news is more productive than focusing on fighting misinformation.

Should we spend less time fighting misinformation and more time fighting for information?

Nieman Lab reports on our model on fighting misinformation VS fighting for information.

Populisme, vaccination. Pourquoi surestime-t-on le phenomene des Fake News

An article from Les Echos on online misinformation and its overestimation.

The Dissenter - Cultural Evolution in the Digital Age

I have been interviewed in the podcast 'The Dissenter' on my research.

Cultural Evolution in the Digital Age interview

An interview for Cultured Scene, the magazie of the Early Career Social Learning Researcher's Society.