Research
The Search Prompt Integrity & Learning Lab publications
‘Do your own research': affordance activation and disinformation spread
Despite search engines' crucial role in health information, the study finds that search accuracy on abortion topics is influenced by users' positions and hindered by search engine optimization and advertising.
Abortion Near Me? The Implications of Semantic Media on Accessing Health Information
This paper bridges a gap in affordance theory by analyzing how pundits, propagandists, and conspiracy theorists activate technological affordances on platforms like Twitter, Google Scholar, and Yandex, transforming disinformation into an entangled, participatory process.
ReOpen demands as public health threat: a sociotechnical framework for understanding the stickiness of misinformation
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