Social Media

When individuals assess the truthfulness of political news during an election period, their beliefs become significantly more partisan, research finds.

Social media platforms make money off sensational content. Taxing digital ads is one way to encourage different business models, according to two MIT economists.

New research found an overlooked source that slowed vaccination rates in the U.S.: misleading headlines from mainstream news sources.

Cultural detox, portfolio agility, and three other ideas that stood out this year.

A new study looks at what wording should be used to identify content created by artificial intelligence.

Journalistic truth isn’t dead, a new study has found, but socioeconomic factors affect people’s ability to identify real news.

Experts recommend using responsible artificial intelligence, misinformation interventions, and decentralized platforms to address some of social media’s flaws.

An intentionally divided internet poses a significant threat to business, innovation, and democracy. Thinkers50 experts break down the challenges.

Bot detection models may return a high rate of accuracy, but that’s due to a critical limitation in the data used to train them, a new study finds.

The 2023 Thinkers50 Radar list honors David Rand, a professor who researches the spread of misinformation online.