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...
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...
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 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...