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Briony Swire-Thompson

College of Social Sciences and Humanities

research interests

  • Why people believe in misinformation

  • Why people share misinformation online

  • How corrections can be designed to foster belief change

about

Briony Swire-Thompson is the director of the Psychology of Misinformation Lab. Her work investigates the driving factors behind beliefs in inaccurate information, as well as why some individuals are predisposed to not change misconceptions even when confronted with corrective information.

related work

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Broken, Buried, or Missing: Anatomies of Failure (and Success) of Social Media Child Safety Features

June 29, 2026

Lexie Matsumoto, Arturo Béjar, Abdulraheem Arar, Damon McCoy, Laura Edelson

Social Media
Expert Opinion
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Measuring Agency-Amplifying AI Literacy: The HuskyAI Coaching Platform for Workforce Readiness

July 1, 2026

John P. Wihbey, Yash Phalle, Shashank Kadiyala, Caleb Okereke

Artificial Intelligence

Working Paper

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How Americans Spend their Time Online

June 8, 2026

David Lazer, Burak Ozturan, Christo Wilson, David Choffnes, Cassidy Waldrip, Hsiu-Chi Lu, John Wihbey

Social Media
Online Behavior
Expert Opinion
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