Innovations in Misinformation Research and Remedies

Session Submission Type: Created Panel

Session Description

This papers in this panel panel examines some innovative ways in which misinformation is identified and some novel approaches to correcting misinformation.

Sub Unit

• Division 38: Political Communication

Individual Presentations

• Combating Misinformation on Climate Change Using Virtual Reality - Elif Erisen, Yeditepe University; Funda Yildirim, University of Twente

• Visual Mis- and Disinformation by Political Influencers on Facebook - Xénia Farkas, HUN-REN Centre for Social Sciences

• Mechanisms behind Increased Political Misinformation: Evidence from Europe - Hanna Sistek, Purdue University

• The Supply Side of Social Media: Engagement, Monetization, and Content Creation - Kylan Rutherford, Columbia University

Chair

• Mona Krewel Victoria University of Wellington

Discussant

• Mona Krewel Victoria University of Wellington