misinformation

1,500 registered voters nationwide were polled in late October to track how social media affects political polarization and belief in election-related misinformation.

Clerks are reassuring voters that a warning circulating on social media and via text is inaccurate. It claims that election workers will invalidate ballots by writing on them.

A USF survey in conjunction with Covid-19's third anniversary shows the effect of politicization on public responses to the pandemic.

As misinformation has become the norm on social media, Florida State University’s Office of Critical Thinking Initiatives has undergone a change. The time has ended for the 5-year project, and the office has now morphed into a network of faculty teaching students how to think critically in their majors – and subsequently in the world.