Fake news, disinformation and the George Floyd protests
Civil unrest provides an opportune moment for bad actors to spread disinformation and to divide society. Feelings of fear, frustration and resentment can creat... Read more.
The Threat of QAnon
QAnon started as a far-right fringe conspiracy theory on the anonymous internet forum 4chan, but is now a growing cult-like movement threatening to infiltrate m... Read more.
Disinformation and Fake News About Protests
Civil unrest provides an opportune moment for bad actors to spread disinformation and to divide society. Feelings of fear, frustration and resentment can creat... Read more.
How to Combat Fake News
Fighting fake news is not only about fact checking the stories you hear, it is also about holding the information you consume and the people or places you hear ... Read more.
Foreign & Domestic Information Warfare
U.S. Adversaries are using similar yet more refined methods they used in 2016 to confuse voters and amplify fake news.... Read more.
How Fake News Affected the 2016 Presidential Election
The potential impact of fake news on President Trump’s victory in 2016 is among the most contested controversies of his presidency.... Read more.
What is Misinformation and Disinformation?
Fake news, made-up stories and just pure fiction masquerading as news has a long history in American politics.... Read more.
Media Agenda Setting
The news media play an important role in determining what information audiences see, or “setting the news agenda.”... Read more.
Why Do People Fall for Conspiracies?
What are conspiracy theories? The “paranoid style” of thinking in American politics has a long history... Read more.