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Big congrats to the fabulous Anushka Nair for receiving a Rhodes Scholarship!! I've had the pleasure of working with her for the last year and half and can't wait to see her thrive at Oxford next year! @itsmenush .

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Great article from @kakape about the five biggest challenges facing misinformation researchers highlighting some of our recent work! Agree with pretty much all these.

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RT @steverathje2: In 2 digital field experiments, we found that unfollowing hyperpartisan influencers on Twitter:. -Reduced partisan animos….

RT @SolomonMg: Misleading press coverage had *50x* the impact of COVID "misinfo." From highly editorialized headlines to misleading quotes,….

RT @_jaybaxter_: Good article. Misinformation is often defined poorly in academic research, either 1) as only blatantly false articles, or….

RT @_JenAllen: New in @sciam : Is misinformation *really* a problem?. Our take: Exposure to "fake news" is rare, but misinformedness is com….

Solving the misinformedness problem is a harder than just rooting out fake news. But it’s important that we solve the problem we have, even if it involves acknowledging that the part of responsibility falls on us – not just the darkest corners of the internet. 8/N.

Finally, platforms need to move beyond the fake news model and explore creative solutions like community-based moderation and quality-based ranking. 7/N.

Second, journalists should be vigilant, and avoid blindly repeating politicians' false claims or writing misleading clickbait headlines – like the examples attached . 6/N

First, academics need to expand their focus to consider why people make misinformed decisions more broadly, beyond solely studying unambiguous falsehoods – even if such an approach is less cut+dry /more open to concerns of bias among reviewers and critics. 5/N.

This means that current approaches which focus on fact-checking outright falsehoods likely miss much of the problem. Combatting public misinformedness requires a multi-pronged strategy involving journalists, platforms, and academics. 4/N.

Narrowly defined misinfo (think "Pope-endorses-Trump") is just the tip of the iceberg. A much bigger problem is misleading stories from mainstream media and false claims by political elites, which reach a far larger audience. 3/N.

The paradox: "fake news" consumption from fringe sources is rare, yet public misbeliefs like election denialism and vaccine refusal remain widespread. How can both be true? . 2/N.

New in @sciam : Is misinformation *really* a problem?. Our take: Exposure to "fake news" is rare, but misinformedness is common- b/c of misleading claims from elites & mainstream news. Solutions must take this into account!. w @DG_Rand . 1/N.

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