Publications

Publications related to this project

Chadwick, A., Hall, N-A. & Vaccari, C. (2023). Misinformation Rules?! The Potential for “Group Rules” to Reduce Misinformation in Online Personal Messaging. New Media and Society.
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Chadwick, A., Vaccari, C., & Hall, N-A. (2023). What Explains the Spread of Misinformation in Online Personal Messaging Networks: Exploring the Role of Conflict Avoidance. Digital Journalism.
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Chadwick, A., Vaccari, C., & Kaiser, J. (2022). The Amplification of Exaggerated and False News on Social Media: The Roles of Platform Use, Motivations, Affect, and Ideology. American Behavioral Scientist.
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Hall, N-A. (2022). Trajectories Towards Political Engagement on Facebook Around Brexit: Beyond Affordances for Understanding Racist and Right-Wing Populist Mobilisations Online. Sociology.
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Chadwick, A., Vaccari, C., & Hall, N-A. (2022). Covid Vaccines and Online Personal Messaging: The Challenge of Challenging Everyday Misinformation. Online Civic Culture Centre, Loughborough University. 34pp.
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Kaiser, J., Vaccari, C., & Chadwick, A. (2022). Partisan Blocking: Biased Responses to Shared Misinformation Contribute to Network Polarization on Social Media. Journal of Communication, 72(2), 214–240.
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Chadwick, A. (2022). Covid Misinformation is a Health Risk—Tech Companies Need to Remove Harmful Content, not Tweak their Algorithms. The Conversation. January 21.
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Chadwick, A., Kaiser, J., Vaccari, C., Freeman, D., Lambe, S., Loe, B. S., Vanderslott, S., Lewandowsky, S., Conroy, M., Ross, A. R. N., Innocenti, S., Pollard, A. J., Waite, F., Larkin, M., Rosebrock, L., Jenner, L., McShane, H., Giubilini, A., Petit, A., & Yu, Ly-Mee (2021). Online Social Endorsement and Covid-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in the UK. Social Media + Society, April, pp. 1–17.
— Winner, Paul Lazarsfeld Best Paper Award, American Political Science Association Political Communication Section.
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Chadwick, A. & Vaccari, C. (2019) News Sharing on UK Social Media: Misinformation, Disinformation & Correction. Online Civic Culture Centre, Loughborough University. 32pp.
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