Organic farming: Does it contribute to contaminant-free produce and ensure food safety?
An interesting article on the misconceptions of the benefits of organic farming on the ecosystem, especially in terms of organic waste management.
Social Media Law and Ethics
A book refered to as excellent for communication and journalism students, as it cover a good number of important legal topics, such as copyright law, data privacy, revenge porn, defamation, government censorship,…
Is the Earth Crying Wolf? Exploring Knowledge Source and Certainty in High School Students’ Analysis of Global Warming News
A study on socioscientific issues (SSIs) such as global warming and how they are understood and percieved among highschool children (around 17 years of age), from from a public high in a…
Global Warming: Scam, Fraud, or Hoax?
An article that takes you step by step in approaching the case of global warming from the eyes of skeptics.
Presumed Killers? Vultures, Stakeholders, Misperceptions, And Fake News
A study on the effect of misinformation among livestock farmers regarding vulture behavior which has been fueled by fake news across media and in different countries. The authors make their voices loud…
Misinformation and Its Correction: Continued Influence and Successful Debiasing
An interesting article that discusses the spread of misinformation, the reasons behind it, its impact, costs and suggests strategies to tackle it.
Misinformation In the Media: Global Coverage of GMOs 2019-2021
A study on GMO misinformation in the media. The results show that the misinformation problem regarding the research topic supersedes that of other highly debatable subjects such as COVID, climate change and…
Fungicide Resistance and Misinformation: A Game Theoretic Approach
A study on farmer behavior regarding the use of fungicide in light of the fungicide resistance problem. It is discussed by applying a compensation mechanism between neighboring farmers and the effect of…
Old and New Actors and Phenomena in the Three-M Processes of Life and Society: Medicalization, Moralization and Misinformation
A book that brings together a number of articles related to medicalization, taking the reader on journey regarding the development of information about certain topics as well as misinformation or so called…
Would I lie to you? Party affiliation is more important than Brexit in processing political misinformation
As per the findings of previous studies regarding elections, this research finds that within the context of the UK factchecking did the job in fighting misinformation, with special reference to party affiliation…
