The Problem of European Misperceptions in Politics, Health, and Science: Causes, Consequences, and the Search for Solutions

Project Information

DEBUNKER

Grant agreement ID: 682758

DOI 10.3030/682758

Project closed

EC signature date 9 June 2016

Start date 1 September 2016

End date 28 February 2023

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost € 1 931 730,00

EU contribution € 1 931 730,00

Coordinated by

THE UNIVERSITY OF EXETER
United Kingdom

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (31)

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

Author(s): Guess, Andrew M., Dominique Lockett, Benjamin Lyons, Jacob M. Montgomery, Brendan Nyhan, and Jason Reifler
Published in: Misinformation Review, 2020, ISSN 2766-1652
Publisher: Harvard Kennedy School
DOI: 10.37016/mr-2020-004

Stamping the vaccine passport? Public support for lifting COVID-19 related restrictions for vaccinated citizens in France, Germany, and Sweden

Author(s): Florian Stoeckel; Sabrina Stöckli; Joseph Phillips; Benjamin Lyons; Vittorio Mérola; Matthew Barnfield; Paula Szewach; Jack Thompson; Jason Reifler
Published in: Vaccine, Issue 1, 2022, ISSN 0264-410X
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.48350/172227

Shifting medical guidelines: Compliance and spillover effects for revised antibiotic recommendations

Author(s): Lyons, Benjamin, Vittorio Merola, and Jason Reifler
Published in: Social Science & Medicine, 2020, ISSN 0277-9536
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.112943

Overconfidence in news judgments is associated with false news susceptibility.

Author(s): Benjamin A. Lyons; Jacob M. Montgomery; Andrew M. Guess; Brendan Nyhan; Jason Reifler
Published in: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, Issue 1, 2021, ISSN 0027-8424
Publisher: National Academy of Sciences
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2019527118

How politics shape views towards fact-checking: Evidence from 6 European countries

Author(s): Lyons, Benjamin, Vittorio Merola, Jason Reifler, and Florian Stoeckel
Published in: International Journal of Press/Politics, 2020, ISSN 1940-1620
Publisher: Sage
DOI: 10.1177/1940161220921732

Exposure to untrustworthy websites in the 2016 U.S. election

Author(s): Guess, Andrew M., Brendan Nyhan, and Jason Reifler
Published in: Nature Human Behaviour, 2020, ISSN 2397-3374
Publisher: Nature
DOI: 10.1038/s41562-020-0833-x

Which vaccine attributes foster vaccine uptake? A cross-country conjoint experiment

Author(s): Sabrina Stöckli; Anna Katharina Spälti; Joseph Phillips; Florian Stoeckel; Matthew Barnfield; Jack Thompson; Benjamin Lyons; Vittorio Mérola; Paula Szewach; Jason Reifler
Published in: PLoS ONE, Issue 1, 2022, ISSN 1932-6203
Publisher: Public Library of Science
DOI: 10.48350/171383

Self-Affirmation and Identity-Driven Political Behavior

Author(s): Lyons, Benjamin, Christina E Farhart, Michael P Hall, John Kotcher, Matthew Levendusky, Joanne Miller, Brendan Nyhan, Kaitlin Raimi, Jason Reifler, Kyle Saunders, Rasmus Skytte, and Xiaoquan Zhao
Published in: Journal of Experimental Political Science, 2022, ISSN 2052-2649
Publisher: Cambridge
DOI: 10.1017/xps.2020.46

Partisanship and anti-elite worldviews as correlates of science and health beliefs in the multi-party system of Spain

Author(s): Spälti, Anna Katharina, Benjamin Lyons, Florian Stoeckel, Sabrina Stöckli, Paula Szewach, Vittorio Mérola, Christine Stedtnitz, Paola López González, and Jason Reifler
Published in: Public Understanding of Science, 2023, ISSN 0963-6625
Publisher: SAGE Publications
DOI: 10.1177/09636625231154131

Populist Referendum: Was Brexit an Expression of Nativist and Anti-Elitist Sentiment?

Author(s): Iakhnis, Evgeniia, Brian Rathbun, Jason Reifler, and Thomas Scotto
Published in: Research & Politics, 2018, ISSN 2053-1680
Publisher: Sage
DOI: 10.1177/2053168018773964

Vaccine attributes and vaccine uptake in Hungary: Evidence from a conjoint experiment

Author(s): Jack Thompson, Sabrina Stöckli, Anna Katharina Spälti, Joseph Phillips, Florian Stoeckel, Matthew Barnfield, Benjamin Lyons, Vittorio Mérola, Paula Szewach, Jason Reifler
Published in: European Journal of Public Health, 2023, ISSN 1101-1262
Publisher: Oxford University Press
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckad043

The Politics of Vaccine Hesitancy in Europe

Author(s): Stoeckel, Florian, Charlie Carter, Benjamin Lyons, and Jason Reifler
Published in: European Journal of Public Health, 2022, ISSN 1101-1262
Publisher: Oxford University Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.08.009

Association of vaccine hesitancy and immunization coverage rates in the European Union.

Author(s): Florian Stoeckel; Charlie Carter; Benjamin A. Lyons; Jason Reifler
Published in: Vaccine, Issue 1, 2021, ISSN 0264-410X
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2021.05.062

The Distorting Prism of Social Media: How Self-Selection and Exposure to Incivility Fuel Online Comment Toxicity

Author(s): Kim, Jin Woo, Andrew Guess, Brendan Nyhan, and Jason Reifler
Published in: Journal of Communication, 2021, ISSN 0021-9916
Publisher: Oxford University Press
DOI: 10.1093/joc/jqab034

Partisanship and public opinion of COVID-19: Does emphasizing Trump and his administration's response to the pandemic affect public opinion about the coronavirus?

Author(s): Nina Spalti, Benjamin Lyons, Vittorio Merola, Jason Reifler, Christine Stedtnitz, Florian Stoeckel, Paula Szewach
Published in: Journal of Elections, Public Opinion, and Parties, 2021, ISSN 1745-7297
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
DOI: 10.1080/17457289.2021.1924749

When Readers Believe Journalists: Effects of Adjudication in Varied Dispute Contexts

Author(s): Benjamin A. Lyons
Published in: International Journal of Public Opinion Research, 2017, ISSN 0954-2892
Publisher: Oxford University Press
DOI: 10.1093/ijpor/edx013

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

Author(s): D.J. Flynn, Brendan Nyhan, Jason Reifler
Published in: Political Psychology, Issue 38, 2017, Page(s) 127-150, ISSN 0162-895X
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/pops.12394

Not Just Asking Questions: Effects of Implicit and Explicit Conspiracy Information About Vaccines and Genetic Modification

Author(s): Benjamin Lyons, Vittorio Merola, Jason Reifler
Published in: Health Communication, 2018, Page(s) 1-10, ISSN 1041-0236
Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Inc.
DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2018.1530526

Taking Fact-Checks Literally But Not Seriously? The Effects of Journalistic Fact-Checking on Factual Beliefs and Candidate Favorability

Author(s): Brendan Nyhan, Ethan Porter, Jason Reifler, Thomas J. Wood
Published in: Political Behavior, 2019, ISSN 0190-9320
Publisher: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers
DOI: 10.1007/s11109-019-09528-x

The roles of information deficits and identity threat in the prevalence of misperceptions

Author(s): Brendan Nyhan, Jason Reifler
Published in: Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties, Issue 29/2, 2018, Page(s) 222-244, ISSN 1745-7289
Publisher: Routledge
DOI: 10.1080/17457289.2018.1465061

Office-Based Educational Handout for Influenza Vaccination: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Author(s): Vanessa P. Scott, Douglas J. Opel, Jason Reifler, Sharon Rikin, Kalpana Pethe, Angela Barrett, Melissa S. Stockwell
Published in: Pediatrics, Issue 144/2, 2019, Page(s) e20182580, ISSN 0031-4005
Publisher: American Academy of Pediatrics
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2018-2580

Enduring Extremes? Polar Vortex, Drought, and Climate Change Beliefs

Author(s): Benjamin A. Lyons, Ariel Hasell, Natalie Jomini Stroud
Published in: Environmental Communication, Issue 12/7, 2018, Page(s) 876-894, ISSN 1752-4032
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
DOI: 10.1080/17524032.2018.1520735

Reducing Group Alignment in Factual Disputes? The Limited Effects of Social Identity Interventions

Author(s): Benjamin Lyons
Published in: Science Communication, Issue 40/6, 2018, Page(s) 789-807, ISSN 1075-5470
Publisher: SAGE Publications
DOI: 10.1177/1075547018804826

Discussion Network Activation: An Expanded Approach to Selective Exposure

Author(s): Benjamin A. Lyons
Published in: Media and Communication, Issue 7/3, 2019, Page(s) 32, ISSN 2183-2439
Publisher: Cogitatio Press
DOI: 10.17645/mac.v7i3.2112

Conversion messages and attitude change: Strong arguments, not costly signals

Author(s): Benjamin A. Lyons, Ariel Hasell, Meghnaa Tallapragada, Kathleen Hall Jamieson
Published in: Public Understanding of Science, Issue 28/3, 2018, Page(s) 320-338, ISSN 0963-6625
Publisher: SAGE Publications
DOI: 10.1177/0963662518821017

Public Misperceptions of European Integration in the UK

Author(s): Stoeckel, Florian, Benjamin A. Lyons, and Jason Reifler
Published in: Journal of Elections, Public Opinion, and Parties, 2021, ISSN 1745-7289
Publisher: Routledge
DOI: 10.1080/17457289.2021.1945612

High-status lobbyists are most likely to overrate their success

Author(s): Benjamin Lyons, Amy Melissa McKay, and Jason Reifler
Published in: Nature Human Behaviour, 2020, ISSN 2397-3374
Publisher: Nature
DOI: 10.1038/s41562-019-0761-9

The Effects of Unsubstantiated Claims of Voter Fraud on Confidence in Elections

Author(s): Berlinski, Nicolas, Margaret Doyle, Andrew M. Guess, Gabrielle Levy, Benjamin Lyons, Jacob M. Montgomery, Brendan Nyhan, Jason Reifler
Published in: Journal of Experimental Political Science, 2023, ISSN 2052-2649
Publisher: Cambridge
DOI: 10.1017/xps.2021.18

The sources and correlates of exposure to vaccine-related (mis)information online

Author(s): Guess, Andrew M., Brendan Nyhan, Zachary O'Keeffe, and Jason Reifler
Published in: Vaccine, 2020, ISSN 0264-410X
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2020.10.018

More Accurate, But No Less Polarized: Comparing the Factual Beliefs of Government Officials and the Public

Author(s): Lee, Nathan, Brendan Nyhan, Jason Reifler, and DJ Flynn
Published in: British Journal of Political Science, 2020, ISSN 0007-1234
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
DOI: 10.1017/s000712342000037x

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

Author(s): Guess, A., Lerner, M., Lyons, B., Montgomery, J., Nyhan, B., Reifler, J., and Sircar, N
Published in: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2020, ISSN 0027-8424
Publisher: National Academy of Sciences
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1920498117