/newsroom/taxonomy/term/14030/all en /newsroom/jonathan-jarry Sat, 20 Jan 2024 21:52:24 +0000 lawrence.chiang@mail.mcgill.ca 307610 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/spiders-caught-web-internet-lies-341275 <p>It’s no secret that the internet and social media fuel rampant spread of misinformation in many areas of life. A collective of researchers, including <a href="http://www.lymanlab.ca/our-team.html">Catherine Scott</a>, Postdoctoral Fellow in ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ’s Lyman Lab, have explored this phenomenon as it applies to news about spiders. The verdict? Don’t blindly trust anything you read online about these eight-legged arthropods—or anything else for that matter—and always consider the source.</p> Thu, 01 Sep 2022 19:45:06 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 288342 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/critical-thinking-protecting-ukrainians-against-russias-disinformation-campaign-340628 <p>In disinformation campaigns, like the long-standing pro-Kremlin campaign targeted at Ukraine by the Russian government, who is most at risk of believing false information? A study led by ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) found that Ukrainians who engaged in more analytic thinking were less likely to believe the pro-Kremlin disinformation, even if they were generally pro-Russia.</p> Thu, 04 Aug 2022 14:04:46 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 288285 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/expert-covid-19-conspiracies-rigged-voting-machines-misinformation-plagues-federal-election-333486 <p>Misinformation linked to the COVID-19 pandemic is playing a larger-than-expected role in the federal election, fuelling protests and support for the People’s Party of Canada, experts say. Throughout the election, hostile protests have dogged the campaign of Liberal leader Justin Trudeau. On Monday, anti-vaccination protests targeted hospitals across the country – the ongoing protests have also garnered significant media coverage, getting more attention than issues like Afghanistan or gun control.</p> Thu, 16 Sep 2021 20:53:13 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 275448 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/americans-are-super-spreaders-covid-19-misinformation-330229 <p>Misinformation about COVID-19 is spreading from the United States into Canada, undermining efforts to mitigate the pandemic. A <a href="https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpos.2021.648646/abstract">study</a> led by ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ shows that Canadians who use social media are more likely to consume this misinformation, embrace false beliefs about COVID-19, and subsequently spread them.</p> Tue, 06 Apr 2021 02:06:04 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 258602 at /newsroom /newsroom/taylor-owen Thu, 24 Sep 2020 19:02:16 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 240740 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/covid-19-social-media-users-more-likely-believe-false-information-323390 <p>A new study led by researchers at ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ finds that people who get their news from social media are more likely to have misperceptions about COVID-19. Those that consume more traditional news media have fewer misperceptions and are more likely to follow public health recommendations like social distancing.</p> Tue, 28 Jul 2020 20:15:35 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 230567 at /newsroom