Publications

Publications from this project

Journal Articles

Vaccari, C., Chadwick, A., Hall, N-A., & Lawson, B. (2025). Credibility as a Double-Edged Sword: The Effects of Deceptive Source Misattribution on Disinformation Discernment on Personal Messaging. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly. (Online First).
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Malhotra, P., Hall, N-A, Xia, Y., Stahl, L., Chadwick, A., Vaccari, C., & Lawson, B. (2025). Unpacking Credibility Evaluation on Digital Media: A Case for Qualitative Interpretive Approaches. Annals of the International Communication Association. (Online First).
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Lawson, B. T., Chadwick, A., Hall, N-A., & Vaccari, C. (2025). The Trustworthiness of Peers and Public Discourse: Exploring How People Navigate Numerical Dis/misinformation on Personal Messaging Platforms. Information, Communication & Society, 28(4), 633–650.
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Chadwick, A., Hall, N-A., & Vaccari, C. (2025). Misinformation Rules?! Could “Group Rules” Reduce Misinformation in Online Personal Messaging? New Media and Society, 27(1), 106–126.
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Chadwick, A., Vaccari, C., & Hall, N-A. (2024). What Explains the Spread of Misinformation in Online Personal Messaging Networks?: Exploring the Role of Conflict Avoidance. Digital Journalism 12(5), 574–593.
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Hall, N-A., Chadwick, A., & Vaccari, C. (2024). Online Misinformation and Everyday Ontological Narratives of Social Distinction. Media, Culture & Society, 46(3), 572–590.
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Public Reports

Hall, N-A., Chadwick, A., Vaccari, C., Lawson, B. T., & Akolgo, P. (2024). Research Update: Misinformation on Personal Messaging—Are WhatsApp’s Warnings Effective? Public Report, Online Civic Culture Centre, Loughborough University. 28pp.
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Hall, N-A., Lawson, B. T., Vaccari, C., & Chadwick, A. (2023). Beyond Quick Fixes: How Users Make Sense of Misinformation Warnings on Personal Messaging. Public Report, Online Civic Culture Centre, Loughborough University, 42pp.
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Chadwick, A., Vaccari, C., & Hall, N-A. (2022). Covid Vaccines and Online Personal Messaging: The Challenge of Challenging Everyday Misinformation. Public Report, Online Civic Culture Centre, Loughborough University. 34pp.
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