Uncertainty and Misinformation

Communication of Uncertainty about Preliminary Evidence and the ...

Additionally, as the misinformation is often an unjustified scientific claim, it cannot be truly refuted as false. Instead, science can only argue that there is ...

An Environmental Uncertainty Perception Framework for ... - NCBI

Keywords: misinformation detection, misinformation spread prediction, uncertainty, COVID-19, information environment ... Disinformation, Misinformation, and Fake ...

Descriptions of Scientific Evidence and Uncertainty of Unproven ...

Background: Politicization and misinformation or disinformation ... false impression of genuine scientific uncertainty. Editors should ...

True or false? How uncertainty about the accuracy of information ...

But on the other hand, research on misinformation has shown how beliefs built on false information can become deeply entrenched, even after the ...

Public Views Misinformation As A Major Problem, Feels Uncertain ...

... uncertainty ... On the other hand, people, without a strong sense of what to trust, might be more susceptible to misinformation and disinformation ...

Uncertainty and Misinformation - KSJ Handbook

Two topics are of particular importance in editing and visualizing science stories: showing uncertainty and avoiding misinformation.

Conversational Uncertainty from Misinformation in Social Media ...

Medical. Decision Making, 27(5), pp.681-695 (2007). 20. Scheufele, D. A., and Krause, N. M.: Science audiences, misinformation, and fake news. Proceedings ...

Communication in the Time of Uncertainty and Misinformation

Since the health emergency was declared, fake news, conspiracy theories and misleading information have been broadly circulated. In the current ...

Communicating About Uncertainty: This Messaging Can Help

That confusion and distrust opened the door for misinformation to spread. The COVID-19 pandemic was not an anomaly. The nature of public ...

Uncertainty Resolution in Misinformation Detection - ACL Anthology

Misinformation in action: Fake news exposure is linked to lower trust in media, higher trust in government when your side is in power. Harvard ...

Uncertainty and Misinformation Archives - Those Nerdy Girls

Use the new Misinformation Dashboard from The News Literacy Project! TL;DR: The Misinformation Dashboard catalogs and categorizes viral election-related ...

Fake News Amplifies the Desires to Save and Spend in Response to ...

We examine how fake news influences consumers' spending intentions in response to COVID-19. Across three studies we find that concerns about COVID-19 engender ...

Robust misinformation prevention with uncertainty on suspicious ...

Social media are rife with misinformation, which typically fast-spread with unverified pieces of fake news or rumors [1]. The misinformation ...

[2401.01197] Uncertainty Resolution in Misinformation Detection

Large Language Models (LLMs) like GPT-4 have been shown effective in mitigating misinformation, particularly in handling statements where enough ...

An epidemic of uncertainty: rumors, conspiracy theories and vaccine ...

& van der. Linden, S. Good news about bad news: gamified inoculation boosts confidence and cognitive immunity against fake news. J. Cognition 3, ...

19 - Tackling Mis-and Disinformation in the Context of Scientific ...

... misinformation, disinformation and conspiracy theories, among others. In February 2020, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General, referred to the ...

Combating Misinformation on Social Media Using Social Noise and ...

At the same time, social media has become a fertile ground for spreading misinformation, fake news, and conspiracy theories. Misinformation and ...

Poll: Most Americans Encounter Health Misinformation, and ... - KFF

The misinformation examined in the survey includes: Vaccines. A third (34%) of adults say the false claim that COVID-19 vaccines have caused ...

User engagement and uncertainty from COVID-19 misinformation on ...

During the COVID-19 pandemic, people were often exposed to harmful social media misinformation. Prior studies have devoted their efforts to detecting ...

Why Uncertainty Leaves Us Vulnerable to Misinformation

The social media platforms they turn to for entertainment and connection can often be fountains of misinformation and disinformation. It's ...