Social media

Despite high levels of innumeracy and math anxiety, people often appreciate numeric data

The new interconnected breed of autocrats gains and retains power by deception, globally undermining democracies through their own institutions

In online forums the term “cuck” has become synonymous with “sucker” and “loser.” But this use distorts its history and meaning, creating a baseless moral panic that harms both women and science

As a result of phone bans, millions of students will stuff their phones into fabric pouches this fall

The “Raygun” Olympics fiasco points to how hip-hop scholarship is at risk of being colonized and undermined in academia

Social media exploits our evolved need for information, feeding us fluff and outright misinformation. A new science of human collective behavior can help us retake control

It’s important that we use accurate terminology when discussing how AI chatbots make up information

The Supreme Court kicked two cases challenging social media moderation laws in Florida and Texas back to lower courts

Amid the pandemic, the Pentagon ran a conspiracy campaign to discredit vaccines—just so it could score points against China. The revelation is a worst-case scenario for global public health

Brawls over the honesty of online and cable news today owe their origins to World War I and a debate that divides us still

Social media is flooding users with bad information about birth control. Providers need to fight back by rebuilding trust in reproductive health care

Baked-in news practices cover only the worst moments of protests and neglect telling people what protesters are asking for, extensive research shows