Nyhan, Brendan

The science of fake news

Lazer, D. M. J., Baum, M. A., Benkler, Y., Berinsky, A. J., Greenhill, K. M., Menczer, F., Metzger, M. J., Nyhan, B., Pennycook, G., Rothschild, D., et al. (2018) · Science

Misinformation and Its ImpactsAcademic Publishing and Open Access

Cited by 4,160

When Corrections Fail: The Persistence of Political Misperceptions

Nyhan, B., & Reifler, J. (2010) · Political Behavior

Misinformation and Its ImpactsMedia Influence and Politics

Cited by 3,173

Redefine statistical significance

Benjamin, D. J., Berger, J. O., Johannesson, M., Nosek, B. A., Wagenmakers, E.-J., Berk, R., Bollen, K. A., Brembs, B., Brown, L., Camerer, C., et al. (2017) · Nature Human Behaviour

Meta-analysis and systematic reviewsStatistical Methods in Clinical Trials

Cited by 2,772

Effective messages in vaccine promotion: a randomized trial

Nyhan, B., Reifler, J., Richey, S., & Freed, G. L. (2014) · Pediatrics

Vaccine Coverage and HesitancyMisinformation and Its Impacts

Cited by 1,300

Social Media, Political Polarization, and Political Disinformation: A Review of the Scientific Literature

Tucker, J. A., Guess, A., Barbera, P., Vaccari, C., Siegel, A., Sanovich, S., Stukal, D., & Nyhan, B. (2018) · SSRN Electronic Journal

Misinformation and Its ImpactsSocial Media and Politics

Cited by 1,222

The Nature and Origins of Misperceptions: Understanding False and Unsupported Beliefs About Politics

Flynn, D. J., Nyhan, B., & Reifler, J. (2017) · Political Psychology

Misinformation and Its ImpactsSocial and Intergroup Psychology

Cited by 1,183

Political Sectarianism in America

Finkel, E. J., Bail, C. A., Cikara, M., Ditto, P. H., Iyengar, S., Klar, S., Mason, L., McGrath, M. C., Nyhan, B., Rand, D. G., et al. (2020) · Science

Electoral Systems and Political ParticipationReligion and Society Interactions

Cited by 931

How Conditioning on Posttreatment Variables Can Ruin Your Experiment and What to Do about It

Montgomery, J. M., Nyhan, B., & Torres, M. (2018) · American Journal of Political Science

Advanced Causal Inference TechniquesEvaluation and Performance Assessment

Cited by 800

A digital media literacy intervention increases discernment between mainstream and false news in the United States and India

Guess, A. M., Lerner, M., Lyons, B., Montgomery, J. M., Nyhan, B., Reifler, J., & Sircar, N. (2020) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Misinformation and Its ImpactsLiteracy, Media, and Education

Cited by 773

Real Solutions for Fake News? Measuring the Effectiveness of General Warnings and Fact-Check Tags in Reducing Belief in False Stories on Social Media

Clayton, K., Blair, S., Busam, J. A., Forstner, S., Glance, J., Green, G., Kawata, A., Kovvuri, A., Martin, J., Morgan, E., et al. (2020) · Political Behavior

Misinformation and Its ImpactsSocial Media and Politics

Cited by 658

Exposure to untrustworthy websites in the 2016 US election

Guess, A. M., Nyhan, B., & Reifler, J. (2020) · Nature Human Behaviour

Misinformation and Its ImpactsSocial Media and Politics

Cited by 587

How do social media feed algorithms affect attitudes and behavior in an election campaign?

Guess, A. M., Malhotra, N., Pan, J., Barberá, P., Allcott, H., Brown, T., Crespo-Tenorio, A., Dimmery, D., Freelon, D., Gentzkow, M., et al. (2023) · Science

Social Media and PoliticsMisinformation and Its Impacts

Cited by 363

Like-minded sources on Facebook are prevalent but not polarizing

Nyhan, B., Settle, J., Thorson, E., Wojcieszak, M., Barberá, P., Chen, A. Y., Allcott, H., Brown, T., Crespo-Tenorio, A., Dimmery, D., et al. (2023) · Nature

Social Media and PoliticsMisinformation and Its Impacts

Cited by 333

Asymmetric ideological segregation in exposure to political news on Facebook

González-Bailón, S., Lazer, D., Barberá, P., Zhang, M., Allcott, H., Brown, T., Crespo-Tenorio, A., Freelon, D., Gentzkow, M., Guess, A. M., et al. (2023) · Science

Misinformation and Its ImpactsSocial Media and Politics

Cited by 315

Elite rhetoric can undermine democratic norms

Clayton, K., Davis, N. T., Nyhan, B., Porter, E., Ryan, T. J., & Wood, T. J. (2021) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Electoral Systems and Political ParticipationPolitical Theory and Democracy

Cited by 226

Reshares on social media amplify political news but do not detectably affect beliefs or opinions

Guess, A. M., Malhotra, N., Pan, J., Barberá, P., Allcott, H., Brown, T., Crespo-Tenorio, A., Dimmery, D., Freelon, D., Gentzkow, M., et al. (2023) · Science

Misinformation and Its ImpactsSocial Media and Politics

Cited by 184

Searching for Bright Lines in the Trump Presidency

Carey, J. M., Helmke, G., Nyhan, B., Sanders, M., & Stokes, S. (2019) · Perspectives on Politics

Political Theory and DemocracyElectoral Systems and Political Participation

Cited by 159

Misunderstanding the harms of online misinformation

Budak, C., Nyhan, B., Rothschild, D. M., Thorson, E., & Watts, D. J. (2024) · Nature

Misinformation and Its ImpactsSocial Media and Politics

Cited by 156

A consensus-based transparency checklist

Aczel, B., Szaszi, B., Sarafoglou, A., Kekecs, Z., Kucharský, Š., Benjamin, D., Chambers, C. D., Fisher, A., Gelman, A., Gernsbacher, M. A., et al. (2019) · Nature Human Behaviour

Academic Publishing and Open AccessMeta-analysis and systematic reviews

Cited by 152

Displacing Misinformation about Events: An Experimental Test of Causal Corrections

Nyhan, B., & Reifler, J. (2015) · Journal of Experimental Political Science

Misinformation and Its ImpactsMedia Influence and Politics

Cited by 150

The ephemeral effects of fact-checks on COVID-19 misperceptions in the United States, Great Britain and Canada

Carey, J. M., Guess, A. M., Loewen, P. J., Merkley, E., Nyhan, B., Phillips, J. B., & Reifler, J. (2022) · Nature Human Behaviour

Misinformation and Its ImpactsCommunication and COVID-19 Impact

Cited by 118

“Fake news” may have limited effects on political participation beyond increasing beliefs in false claims

Guess, A. M., Lockett, D., Lyons, B., Montgomery, J. M., Nyhan, B., & Reifler, J. (2020) · Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review

Misinformation and Its ImpactsSocial Media and Politics

Cited by 69

Differential Registration Bias in Voter File Data: A Sensitivity Analysis Approach

Nyhan, B., Skovron, C., & Titiunik, R. (2017) · American Journal of Political Science

Electoral Systems and Political ParticipationAdvanced Causal Inference Techniques

Cited by 68

More accurate, but no less polarized: comparing the factual beliefs of government officials and the public

Lee, N., Nyhan, B., Reifler, J., & Flynn, D. J. (2021) · British Journal of Political Science

Electoral Systems and Political ParticipationMisinformation and Its Impacts

Cited by 39