Press Releases

Press Releases

  

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Vaccine Hesitancy Poses Threat to Efforts to End Pandemic: New Commentary

WASHINGTON (March 25, 2021) — Although demand for COVID-19 vaccines currently...

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Vaccine Opposition Online Uniting Around ‘Civil Liberties’ Argument

WASHINGTON (Oct. 1, 2020)—Anti-vaccination discourse on Facebook increased in volume...

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GW Disinformation Institute Joins Project to Monitor Political Facebook Ads

WASHINGTON (Sept. 17, 2020)—The George Washington University Institute for Data,...

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New Map Reveals Distrust in Health Expertise Is Winning Hearts and Minds Online

WASHINGTON (May 13, 2020)—Communities on Facebook that distrust establishment health...

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Misinformation Concern is Bipartisan, but Democrats Blame Foreign Powers and Republicans Blame the Media, New GW Survey Finds

WASHINGTON (Feb. 28, 2020)—There is a stark partisan divide over who’s to blame for...

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Using Social Media to Understand the Vaccine Debate in China

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Vaccine acceptance is a crucial public health issue, which has been...

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Inoculating Against the Spread of Viral Misinformation

WASHINGTON (Nov. 13, 2019)—In a year that has seen the largest measles outbreak in the...

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Research Finds Extreme Elitism, Social Hierarchy Among Gab Users

WASHINGTON (Sept. 1, 2019)—Despite its portrayal as a network that “champions free...

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First of Its Kind Mapping Model Tracks How Hate Spreads and Adapts Online

WASHINGTON (Aug. 21, 2019)—Online hate thrives globally through self-organized,...

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Knight Foundation Investment to Fund Institute for Data, Democracy, and Politics

WASHINGTON (July 22, 2019)—A new research institute at the George Washington...