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Russian disinformation exploits social problems in foreign states to undermine people’s trust and breed conspiracy theories. Tackling it is difficult but feasible. A few words used in Russian can be recognized in English. Dezinformatsiia (disinformation) is one of them —
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Study population We included data from an anonymous survey on public risk perception carried out in Italy and Sweden in two different periods of the COVID-19 pandemic. Detailed information on the study has been published elsewhere31. In brief, the survey
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WORLD VIEW 29 March 2022 The societal forces that drive people to join a belief system matter more than the specifics of what they believe. Elżbieta Drążkiewicz 0 Elżbieta Drążkiewicz Elżbieta Drążkiewicz is a social anthropologist at the Institute for
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A desire to sabotage the electoral prospects of the incumbent US president was not the only motive that conspiracists saw at work. Greed and abuse of power and trust were assumed to be at play as well. Presuppositions of self-interested
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WORLD VIEW 05 August 2021 Fears of backfire effects are overblown, and advice to listen and interact still stands. Lee McIntyre 0 Lee McIntyre Lee McIntyre is a research fellow at the Center for Philosophy and History of Science at
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WORLD VIEW 05 August 2021 Fears of backfire effects are overblown, and advice to listen and interact still stands. Lee McIntyre 0 Lee McIntyre Lee McIntyre is a research fellow at the Center for Philosophy and History of Science at
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NEWS 02 August 2021 The study, now withdrawn, deals a blow to the anti-parasite drug’s chances as a COVID treatment, researchers say. Sara Reardon Sara Reardon You have full access to this article via your institution. People in Bolivia and
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BOOK REVIEW 02 August 2021 A book from the Oxford–AstraZeneca team, and a documentary, go behind the scenes in the race to vaccinate the world. Heidi Ledford Heidi Ledford You have full access to this article via your institution. Catherine
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BOOK REVIEW 02 August 2021 A book from the Oxford–AstraZeneca team, and a documentary, go behind the scenes in the race to vaccinate the world. Heidi Ledford Heidi Ledford You have full access to this article via your institution. Catherine
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NEWS 22 July 2021 Surveys show that people in ten low- and middle-income nations are generally more eager to receive the COVID-19 jab than people in two wealthier nations where vaccine is plentiful. Max Kozlov Max Kozlov You have full
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