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Date of Publication: February 15
Year of Publication: 2024
Publication City: London, UK
Publisher: The Conversation
Author(s): Sander van der Linden, Lee McIntyre, Stephan Lewandowsky
With over half the world’s population heading to the polls in 2024, disinformation season is upon us — and the warnings are dire. The World Economic Forum declared misinformation a top societal threat over the next two years and major news organisations caution that disinformation poses an unprecedented threat to democracies worldwide.
Yet, some scholars and pundits have questioned whether disinformation can really sway election outcomes. Others think concern over disinformation is just a moral panic or merely a symptom rather than the cause of our societal ills. Pollster Nate Silver even thinks that misinformation “isn’t a coherent concept”.
But we argue the evidence tells a different story.
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