UW–Madison: Researchers Win Grant To Combat Misinformation About COVID And The 2020 Election - School Of Journalism And Mass Communication

Madison WI

06 October, 2021

9:02 PM

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Press release from the University of Wisconsin-Madison: 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. This press release was produced by the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The views expressed here are the author's own.