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The Fondation Descartes is a citizen-based, non-partisan, and independent European foundation dedicated to information-based issues.

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The Fondation Descartes is structured around three main bodies: a board of directors chaired by Jean-Philippe Hecketsweiler; a scientific advisory board led by Gérald Bronner; and a permanent team headed by Laurent Cordonier, director of research.

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Each year, the Fondation Descartes publishes an in-depth study on one of its key topics related to disinformation: conflicts, health, or climate. Explore these publications in full.

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The Fondation Descartes publishes thematic overviews written by its research team on major themes related to information and disinformation.

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The Fondation Descartes publishes contributions from its affiliated experts, who speak in a personal capacity. The expert circle is multidisciplinary, including specialists from information and communication sciences, cognitive and behavioral sociology, international relations, philosophy, psychology, and journalism.

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The Fondation Descartes organises annual conferences revolving around health, climate and conflict disinformation.

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In its efforts to tackle disinformation, the Fondation Descartes joins forces with other key players in the information ecosystem.

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With France Info, the Fondation Descartes explores historical disinformation in its podcast series "Les Infox de l'Histoire."

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The Descartes Foundation offers you a cartography of the main actors involved in researching on the quality of information, or in fighting against disinformation, in France and throughout the world.

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Fact checkers, web extensions, journalistic standards... The Fondation Descartes offers you a map of initiatives in France and around the world involved in asserting the quality of information or in fighting against disinformation.

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Category: Syntheses of research papers

Sanitary crisis, terrorism and Donald Trump: a conspiracy cocktail

This report, written by Antoine Bristielle and Tristan Guerra for the Fondation Jean Jaurès, provides new data to understand the success of conspiracy theories in France and internationally.

The Organizational Behavior of Russia Today

The article describes the evolution of this outlet from its creation up until the 2016 U.S. presidential elections.

Mail-in voter fraud and disinformation campaign

In this Harvard University study, Yochai Benkler and his colleagues dissect what they consider to be a disinformation campaign instigated by high-ranking members of the Republican Party.

Social media and anti-immigration discourses

The aim of this study was twofold: (1) to assess the evolution of Danish people's attitude towards immigration; (2) to determine whether this attitude was influenced by their media consumption, particularly social media.

Social media and anti-Muslim hate speech

Does hate speech influence the way Internet users perceive the groups that suffer from it ?

Volume and patterns of toxicity in social media conversations during the COVID-19 pandemic

The authors of this report note that there exists a strong link between the toxicity of the social media conversations surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic and the worsening of the public health situation after March 26, 2020, the intensification of criticisms by political leaders, and the media treatment of the role played by the WHO in the management of the pandemic.

Exposure to Social Engagement Metrics

Does the number of “likes” or “shares” received by an article that appears on our Facebook or Twitter news feed influence the trust that we place in it? Do these signs of positive engagement with an article lead us, in turn, to like it and share it with others?

Dynamics of exchanges between pro and anti-vaccine rhetoric on Facebook

This article shows how discussions on the topic of vaccination are organized on Facebook. It highlights the worrying rise of anti-vaccine rhetoric, which is occupying an increasingly significant part of the discussion space.

Does the dissemination of fake news undermine the trust that citizens place in their political institutions and in the media?

The authors of this article hypothesize that the dissemination of fake news could undermine the trust that citizens place in their political institutions and in the mainstream media.

Production vs. Consumption of information on Twitter

This article reconsiders two highly debated issues concerning the social network Twitter: the formation of echo chambers on the one hand, and the ideological fragmentation of this social network, on the other.

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