misinformationresearch.org
Over the last decade, the world has seen a rise in misinformation. The World Economic Forum identified this rise as an existential threat to society, on par with terrorism, cyberwarfare, and global governance failure. Most of the attention has centered on misinformation about politics, government propaganda and festering conspiracy theories. Relatively less attention has been given to misinformation in, and about, science. Misappropriated nutritional advice spreads virally in the news and on social media, m
The goal of this project is to shed light on who is working on this topic of science misinformation and how this emerging, interdisciplinary domain connects across the disciplinary landscape. The research and publication data draws heavily from science communication research, as one would expect, but the publications also arise from psychology, education, science and technology studies, journalism, computer science, and others. Using bibliometric maps, we examine the state of the field through interactive v