• On Facebook, Visual Misinfo Widespread. In the runup to the 2020 U.S. Presidential election visual misinformation was widespread across the platform, and that it was highly asymmetric across party lines, with right-leaning images five to eight times more likely to be misleading. https://academic.oup.com/joc/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/joc/jqac051/7060057?login=false&redirectedFrom=fulltext 193 comments 4/3/2023 science
• Research reveals that social media users, particularly left-wing users, are more likely to block and unfollow politically dissimilar than similar friends who share misinformation. But partisan blocking can have important and hitherto neglected implications for network polarization https://academic.oup.com/joc/advance-article/doi/10.1093/joc/jqac002/6548826#340497168 1036 comments 26/3/2022 science
• Journalists falsely accusing a politician of evasiveness during an interview triggers audience suspicion, increasing perceived dodging and distrust of the politician. https://academic.oup.com/joc/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/joc/jqz036/5671614 10 comments 19/12/2019 science

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