A New Study Explores The Spread Of Misinformation About Coronavirus On Facebook
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Neil Johnson, a professor of physics at George Washington University,...
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Anti-Vaxxers’ Social Networks are Ripe With People Susceptible to Their Misinformation
When physicist Neil Johnson moved to Maryland in 2018 to take a job at George Washington University (GW...
COVID-19 is a “perfect storm” for conspiracy theories, finds new study that shocked scientists
Considering the 2020 pandemic, you might forget 2019 had its own public health disaster. There...
Why Anti-Vaxxers Often Win Out on Facebook
Groups that spread vaccine misinformation on social media have more impact than government health...
The anti-vaxxers are winning the battle on Facebook
Anti-vaccination Facebook Pages are currently better at attracting undecided users to their cause than...
Vaccine opponents are gaining in Facebook ‘battle for hearts and minds,’ new map shows
A first-of-its-kind analysis of more than 1300 Facebook pages with nearly 100 million followers has...
Anti-Vaccine Messaging Is Well-Connected on Social Media
A video dubbed "Plandemic" that brought together unsubstantiated and debunked claims and conspiracies...
Anti-vaxxers on Facebook better at influencing undecided: study
New research suggests that people who are undecided about vaccines are more likely to be influenced on...
Anti-vaccine movement could undermine efforts to end coronavirus pandemic, researchers warn
As scientists work to create a vaccine against COVID-19, a small but fervent anti-vaccination movement...
Get Ready for a Vaccine Information War
The other night, midway through watching a clip from “Plandemic” — a documentary that went viral...