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Fondation Descartes

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

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La Fondation Descartes est animée par trois organes : un Conseil d’Administration présidé par Jean-Philippe Hecketsweiler ; un Conseil Scientifique encadré par Gérald Bronner et d’une équipe permanente, dirigée par Laurent Cordonier, Directeur de la recherche.

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La Fondation Descartes est une initiative citoyenne, apartisane, indépendante et européenne dédiée aux enjeux de l’information, de la désinformation et du débat public dans une société démocratique.

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The Descartes Foundation lists significant events, in France and internationally, particularly related to the topics of disinformation, interference and media literacy.

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Selection of 'must-listen' podcasts on the Descartes Foundation's fields of research, in French, English or German.

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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.

Initiatives

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.

Our references and resources

The Fondation Descartes' experts select and comment on key publications on disinformation, trust in the media and the Foundation's other research topics. This data base is available online to members of the Foundation and in the Foundation's documentation centre.

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Category: Syntheses of research papers

30/06/2020

How to effectively correct misinformation?

This article is a literature review on good practices for correcting misinformation.

07/05/2020

False ideas, fake information, and the logic of identity-protective reasoning

This article presents the theory of the protection of cultural identity and its impact on the emergence of fake news.

01/04/2020

Trends in the diffusion of misinformation on social media

Since 2016, interactions with fake news have been going down on Facebook, whereas they have been going up on Twitter. Overall, Facebook still remains a key network for the diffusion of misinformation, much more so than Twitter.

01/04/2020

Social Media and Fake News in the 2016 American Election

This article, published in 2017, is now one of the most cited references in scientific literature on fake news. It was one of the first to investigate this phenomenon. We here at Fondation Descartes have created a detailed summary for you. Readers in a hurry can go straight to the conclusion.

01/04/2020

Why do people believe in fake news?

The authors shed light on the connection between analytical thinking and resistance to fake news.

11/05/2020

PLAYING THE DISINFORMER: A NEW LEAD FOR REDUCING BELIEF IN FAKE NEWS

Two studies based on inoculation theory provide positive results on the use of games to combat misinformation.

05/03/2020

Deciphering fear around the coronavirus

Should we be afraid of the Coronavirus? Why is the world in such a panic?

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