Handbooks Articles

Climate Myth Debunking for Broadcast Meteorologists

A team of renowned scientific experts has joined forces from across the world to help fight the spread of misinformation about climate change. While the handbook is intended as a resource for broadcast meteorologists to use to debunk climate misinformation on air and...

The COVID-19 Vaccine Communication Handbook

A team of renowned scientific experts has joined forces from across the world to help fight the spread of misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccines, which hold the key to beating the deadly pandemic and releasing countries from debilitating lockdown restrictions....

The Debunking Handbook 2020

The Debunking Handbook 2020 summarizes the current state of the science of misinformation and its debunking. It was written by a team of 22 prominent scholars of misinformation and its debunking, and it represents the current consensus on the science of debunking for...

The Conspiracy Theory Handbook

Conspiracy theories attempt to explain events as the secretive plots of powerful people. While conspiracy theories are not typically supported by evidence, this doesn’t stop them from blossoming. Conspiracy theories damage society in a number of ways. To help minimize...

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