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This page contains the latest articles, briefs, and blogs from the InfoEpi Lab.

Categories

Tag categories for articles include: public health, MDM (misinformation, disinformation, malinformation), democracy, info epi (information epidemiology), health security, and brief (research outlines).

How Militia Groups Exploit Disasters

Disaster

Public Health

FIMI

Social Media Narratives and Conspiracy Theories Following the Attempted Assassination of Former President Trump

news

violence

FIMI

They ‘Do Not Need Rest Like Humans’: RT Debuts AI-Generated ‘Journalists’

news

generative ai

FIMI

Sentiments and Emotion in Doppelgänger Tweet Text

FIMI

International Affairs

Social Media

Doppelgänger Tweets spaCy Analysis

FIMI

International Affairs

Social Media

Pronouncing Nonsense in French

FIMI

International Affairs

Social Media

Pronouncing Nonsense in German

FIMI

International Affairs

Social Media

Doppelgänger Responds to U.S. Funding Vote

FIMI

armed conflict

international affairs

Double Take: A Doppelgänger Lit Review (Because the World Did Not Need Another Solo Report)

FIMI

International Affairs

Social Media

Lost in Distranslation: Voiceovers on Celebrity Videos Used to Launder Pro-Kremlin Claims

FIMI

armed conflict

international affairs

Mock News Sites Continue to Spread Disinformation About Ukraine

social media

armed conflict

FIMI

AI Videos Spreading Bioweapons Disinformation Cite Kremlin, Target Africa

health security

public health

disinformation

BRIEF: Understanding the Online Pathway to Indoctrination and Opportunities for Intervention

brief

conspiracy beliefs

public health

How People Get Sucked into Misinformation Rabbit Holes – and How to Get Them Out

conspiracy beliefs

radicalization

information manipulation

Emily Booth, Marian-Andrei Rizoiu

Effect of Political Views on Perception of Scientists

brief

perception

Disinformation is rampant on social media – a social psychologist explains the tactics used against you

FIMI

Disinformation

Social Media

Hillary Sinclair

Penny for Their Harm

social media

dark patterns

public health

Health misinformation is rampant on social media – here’s what it does, why it spreads and what people can do about it

public health

MDM

info epi

Consistent Mission, Enhanced Clarity: Defining Key Terms

policy

resource

Roe v. Wade Overturn Triggers Slight Increase in Abortions

abortion

human rights

public health

reproductive health

UPDATE: Tracking Declining Activity on Twitter

social media

digital policy

Tracking Declining Activity on Twitter

social media

digital policy

report

Facebook Watches Teens Online As They Prep for College

social media

public health

guest

Colin Lecher, Ross Teixeira

Vaccination Rates for Kindergartners Fall Below Level Needed to Prevent Outbreaks

brief

health security

public health

Disinformation Campaigns from the 1980s: Ethnic Weapons, Organ Harvesting, And Child Trafficking

report

history

disinformation

health security

public health

Ghouling, a Trend in Unspeakable Cruelty

information epidemiology

social media

public health

vaccines

Negative and Misleading Posts Driving Critical Discussions on X

report

social media

information epidemiology

BRIEF: Negative and Misleading Posts Driving Critical Discussions on X

brief

social media

information epidemiology

The Impact of Conspiracy Theories on COVID-19 Perception and Response in Yemen

brief

public health

conspiracy theories

Telegram Responds to Hamas-Israel Conflict

brief

social media

armed conflict

Human-like intuitive behavior and reasoning biases emerged in large language models but disappeared in ChatGPT

brief

generative ai

How Russia Courts Serbia and Ignites Tension with Kosovo

information epidemiology

social media

democracy

Demystifying Social Media Manipulation and Calling for Interdisciplinary, International Collaboration

brief

social media

Querdenken Movement during the COVID-19 Pandemic

brief

social media

public health

Telegram Message Deletion Affects Study Results

brief

social media

info epi

DISINFO: The US artificially provoked Nagorno-Karabakh

resource

armed conflict

MDM

Post-Pandemic Resilience Across the Distrust Ecosystem

brief

public health

social media

Russian Propaganda and Ukrainian Social Media Discussion of LGBTQ+ Rights

brief

democracy

human rights

How Political Strategists See Geolocation Data and Targeting

brief

public health

democracy

COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Among Caregivers of Developmentally Disabled Kids

brief

public health

MDM

How to Rename Exported Notion Files

tools

resource

Twitter Sentiment Analysis on COVID-19 Vaccination

brief

public health

social media

Corrections Policy for InfoEpi Lab

policy

resource

Disinformation Interrupted

MDM

FIMI

News Media

Report

KFF Health Misinformation Tracking Poll Pilot

public health

brief

MDM

What Types of Covid-19 Misinformation Did US Physicians Spread and Where?

brief

info epi

public health

Information Epidemiology Explained

health security

public health

information epidemiology

Conspiracy Theories Spread by RFK Jr. Threaten Public Health and National Security

democracy

public health

MDM

A Double-Edged Eagle: How Russia Courts Serbia and Ignites Tension with Kosovo

information epidemiology

social media

public health

Information Basics: Mis-, Dis-, and Malinformation

resource

MDM

How foreign anti-vaccine narratives reached West African communities online

public health

MDM

resource

Carlotta Dotto, Seb Cubbon