Misguided: The Audio Edition, Chapters 3 and 4
Two new audio chapters: the COVID-19 case study in political identity, and how the people and platforms around us shape what we believe.
Misguided: The Newsletter
The social science of misinformation, translated into practical skills for navigating today’s information landscape.
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The Fight Is About the Loudest. The Outcome Depends on the Quietest.
The public health debate over engagement misses the main mechanism: trust, built through relationships, sustained over time.
Four Free Media Literacy Tools for the Classroom
A practical guide to research-based activities for educators, librarians, and workshop facilitators.
Misguided: The Audio Edition, Chapters 1 and 2
Two new audio chapters: the scope and consequences of misinformation, and the identity machinery that makes us more likely to believe it.
I Built a Tool That Coaches You Through Fact-Checking
The Lateral Reading Companion walks you through checking whether something is true, the way professional fact-checkers actually do it.
Honesty About Uncertainty Builds Trust
Research suggests that honesty about what science does and doesn't know can build credibility, as long as uncertainty is communicated clearly and not used to manufacture doubt.
Misguided: The Audio Edition — Introduction (Free Episode)
A chapter-by-chapter audio companion to the book, with updates from a year on
The Lethal Cost of Cancer Misinformation
False hope, online incentive structures, and broken trust make cancer misinformation so hard to stop.
The Groups You Belong to Are Shaping What You Believe. Here's How to See It.
My free Identity Map tool is updated: see how your social groups could make you vulnerable to believing misinformation.
Trust Didn't Collapse. It Fractured and Relocated.
Global datasets reveal what's actually fracturing in public health trust, and where the path back begins.