National Academies consensus report on Understanding and Addressing Misinformation About Science

National Academies consensus report on Understanding and Addressing Misinformation About Science

https://www.nationalacademies.org/our-work/understanding-and-addressing-misinformation-about-science

"Our current information ecosystem makes it easier for misinformation about science to spread and harder for people to figure out what is scientifically accurate.

Proactive solutions are needed to address misinformation about science, an issue of public concern given its potential to cause harm at individual, community, and societal levels.

Improving access to high-quality scientific information can fill information voids that exist for topics of interest to people, reducing the likelihood of exposure to and uptake of misinformation about science.

Misinformation is commonly perceived as a matter of bad actors maliciously misleading the public, but misinformation about science arises both intentionally and inadvertently and from a wide range of sources."

 

Co-author Lisa Fazio on Bluesky:
https://bsky.app/profile/lkfazio.bsky.social/post/3ldoifis25c26

"Our current information ecosystem makes it easy for misinformation about science to spread and harder for people to figure out what is scientifically accurate. We need proactive, multi-sector solutions to solve this problem.

In the report we outline our definition of misinformation about science, the current context/the existing information ecosystem, sources of misinfo about science, how it spreads, its impacts, how to intervene, & considerations for studying science misinfo. Along w/ 13 recommendations for action."