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Category: Dis/Misinformation

CCPP in the News: Science News Highlights Study on Using AI to Detect Climate Misinformation

A new article in Science News spotlights groundbreaking research led by CCPP Graduate Student Affiliate Mowafak Allaham, co-authored by CCPP Faculty Affiliate Dr. Ayşe Lokmanoğlu (Boston University) and CCPP Director Dr. Erik C. Nisbet. The study, titled “Enhancing LLMs for Governance with Human Oversight: Evaluating and Aligning LLMs on Expert Classification of Climate Misinformation,” was

Do People Really Believe the Election Falsehoods They Share? New CCPP Study Published in Political Communication Shows They Do

A new article co-authored by CCPP Director Erik C. Nisbet, along with R. Kelly Garrett and Robert Bond of The Ohio State University, has been published in the journal Political Communication. The study, titled “Self-Reported Exposure and Beliefs About Misinformation Across a U.S. Presidential Election Cycle: Expressive Responding and Motivated Reasoning,” investigates how Americans report

CCPP Researchers Publish Guidance on How to Counter State-Sponsored Disinformation Campaigns

CCPP Director Erik C. Nisbet and CCPP affiliate faculty member Olga Kamenchuk have co-authored a new book chapter, “Unpacking the Psychology of State-Sponsored Disinformation Operations and Implications for Public Diplomacy Counterstrategies,” published in Handbook on Public Diplomacy edited by Sean Aday (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2025). The chapter challenges the dominant focus on technology in discussions

CCPP Researcher Publishes New Study on the Dynamics of Domestic Influence Campaigns in Southeast Asia

CCPP Graduate Research Affiliate Fatima Gaw, a PhD candidate in Media, Technology, and Society at Northwestern University, has co-authored a new article in Political Communication, one of the leading journals in the field. The article, titled “Towards the Comparative Study of Domestic Influence Operations: Cyber Troops and Elite Competition in Indonesia, the Philippines, and Thailand,”