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UW–Madison: Researchers Win Grant To Combat Misinformation About COVID And The 2020 Election - School Of Journalism And Mass Communication
With the $750,000 award, the group will study the effectiveness of different forms of misinformation correction on social media.
October 5, 2021
MADISON, Wis.—Misinformation on social media has presented significant threats to both public health during the COVID-19 pandemic and democracy throughout the 2020 U.S. presidential election. In response to these challenges, a team of researchers has received a $750,000 grant from the National Science Foundation’s Convergence Accelerator to study the most effective methods of combating misinformation online.
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