Social media overuse tied to belief in fake news

"By identifying people who are more likely to believe fake news, we can help reduce its spread."

Michigan State • futurity
May 27, 2025 ~5 min

Political attacks chip away trust in local news

"Local news has always been a trusted lifeline for communities, but that trust is surprisingly fragile."

Amy McCaig-Rice University • futurity
Feb. 17, 2025 ~6 min


75% of Facebook news gets reposted without users reading it

New research suggests why misinformation can spread so rapidly—most shared stories circulate without verification of their underlying facts.

Gigi Marino-Florida • futurity
Jan. 23, 2025 ~5 min

Fighting ‘fake news’ can cut trust in reliable sources, too

Efforts to fight "fake news" have given rise to an unintended paradox: the tools used to fight misinformation breed distrust in all news.

U. Zurich • futurity
June 10, 2024 ~5 min

Feeling misinformed leads some people to actively avoid news

As people have more difficulty distinguishing fact from fiction, they are more likely to feel news fatigue and avoid news altogether.

Jared Wadley-U. Michigan • futurity
May 8, 2024 ~5 min

How Twitch is redefining journalism

As the popular streaming app Twitch moves into news coverage, researchers dig into how it's changing journalism and what makes it unique.

Matt Cooper-Oregon • futurity
May 2, 2024 ~7 min

Auto-renew subscriptions don’t build loyal customers

Automatic subscription renewals may boost subscribers in the short term, but it's a bad strategy over time, a working paper finds.

Stanford • futurity
March 22, 2023 ~7 min

AI can reveal hidden bias in news media

AI that compares what news media actually reported to what could have been reported can identify biases we might otherwise miss.

Shirley Cardenas-McGill • futurity
Dec. 8, 2022 ~4 min


Holiday-suicide myth just won’t go away

It's one again time to banish the holiday-suicide myth, which continues to show up in the news.

Michael Rozansky-Penn • futurity
Dec. 5, 2022 ~9 min

More likes up the chance people believe fake news

New research digs into how the social part of social media can affect what people think about fake news stories.

Shelly Leachman-UCSB • futurity
Dec. 1, 2022 ~7 min

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