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Volume 31 Issue 2, April 2026
Special Issue: Advancing the Study of Political Misinformation Across Countries and Platforms
- Guest Editor: Edda Humprecht
- Guest Editor: Sebastián Venezuela
- Guest Editor: Frank Esser
- Guest Editor: Edson Tandoc
Articles
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The global spread of political misinformation poses serious challenges to democracies, eroding trust and distorting public discourse. However, research has largely focused on WEIRD countries—Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic—limiting ...Open AccessResearch articleFirst published March 22, 2025pp. 253–263
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Democratic societies inherently depend on an informed citizenry. By shaping citizens’ voting behavior, fostering political cynicism, and reducing trust in institutions, misinformation can pose significant challenges to individuals and societies. Against ...Open AccessResearch articleFirst published August 11, 2024pp. 264–290
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While there is a strong scholarly interest surrounding the content of political misinformation online, much of this research concerns misinformation in Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich and Democratic (WEIRD) countries. Although such research has ...Restricted accessResearch articleFirst published January 23, 2025pp. 291–313
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The COVID-19 pandemic was accompanied by an unprecedented influx of misinformation often with adverse impact on the effectiveness of institutional responses to the health crisis. However, relatively little is still known about the factors that may have ...Open AccessResearch articleFirst published November 30, 2024pp. 314–343
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Mis- and disinformation have been associated with detrimental political consequences, such as increasing ideological and epistemic polarization. Yet, we know little about how people perceive the risks of misinformation across countries and domains of ...Open AccessResearch articleFirst published December 7, 2024pp. 344–366
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The spread of misinformation has emerged as a global concern. Academic attention has recently shifted to emphasize the role of political elites as drivers of misinformation. Yet, little is known of the relationship between party politics and the spread of ...Open AccessResearch articleFirst published January 13, 2025pp. 367–386
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Misinformation poses a significant threat to the integrity of political systems, particularly in competitive authoritarian regimes (CARs), where it can distort public perception and undermine democratic processes. This study focuses on the 2023 Turkish ...Open AccessResearch articleFirst published January 10, 2025pp. 387–416
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This comparative study examines the interplay of religious messaging and disinformation in the election campaign material of Jair Bolsonaro and Recep Tayyip Erdogan for the 2022 Brazilian and 2023 Turkish presidential elections. We employ a mixed-methods ...Open AccessResearch articleFirst published September 30, 2024pp. 417–443
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While Africans are committed to democracy, governments across the continent have failed to deliver on the democratic aspirations of the populace, with declinatory outcomes for satisfaction with democracy (SWD) over the past decade. A number of reliable ...Restricted accessResearch articleFirst published January 10, 2025pp. 444–469
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News consumption and voting behavior are interlinked and particularly important in elections where traditional political cleavages are not easily applicable. This relationship becomes more complex and uncertain in contexts of low trust in the news media ...Restricted accessResearch articleFirst published December 4, 2024pp. 470–496
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In an era of pervasive misinformation, equipping citizens to counter its spread is increasingly critical. This study examines news authentication—individuals’ proactive verification of news—as a key indicator of resilience to misinformation. Guided by the ...Open AccessResearch articleFirst published February 24, 2025pp. 497–519
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