Publications

Gollwitzer, Tump, Martel, Deffner, Sultan, Kurvers, & Hertwig (invited for revision at Journal of Experimental Psychology: General)

A semi-integrative approach to understanding and intervening on false news sharing

Martel & Rand (2025)

Journal of Public Policy & Marketing

Solutions and challenges for addressing misinformation

[Paper]

Martel*, Mosleh*, Eckles, & Rand (2025)

PLOS One

Promoting engagement with social fact-checks online: Investigating the roles of social connection and shared partisanship

[Paper] [Preprint] [Bsky Post]

Martel & Rand (2024)

Nature Human Behaviour

Fact-checker warning labels are effective even for those who distrust fact-checkers

[Paper] [PDF] [Research Briefing] [Preprint] [Talk] [X Post] [Bsky Post]

Martel, Rathje, Pennycook, Clark, Van Bavel, Rand, & van der Linden (2024)

Psychological Science

On the efficacy of accuracy prompts across party lines: An adversarial collaboration

Martel, Allen, Pennycook, & Rand (2023)

Perspectives on Psychological Science

Crowds can effectively identify misinformation at scale

Martel & Rand (2023)

Current Opinion in Psychology

Misinformation warning labels are widely effective: A review of warning effects and their moderating features

Bhardwaj*, Martel*, & Rand (2023)

HKS Misinformation Review

Examining accuracy-prompt efficacy in combination with using colored borders to differentiate news and social content online

Allen, Martel, & Rand (2022)

Proceedings of the 2022 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Birds of a feather don't fact-check each other: Partisanship and the evaluation of news in Twitter's Birdwatch crowdsourced fact-checking program

Martel, Mosleh, & Rand (2021)

Media and Communication

You're definitely wrong, maybe: Correction style has minimal effect on corrections of misinformation online

Mosleh, Martel, Eckles, & Rand (2021)

Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Perverse downstream consequences of debunking: Being corrected by another user for posting false political news increases subsequent sharing of low quality, partisan, and toxic content in a Twitter field experiment

[Paper] [X Post]

Misinformation Belief

Martel, Pennycook, & Rand (2020)

Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications

Reliance on emotion promotes belief in fake news

[Paper] [Preprint] [X Post] [Blog Post]

Orchinik, Martel, Rand, & Bhui (invited for minor revision at Management Science)

Adaptive intuitions shape susceptibility to misinformation

[Preprint] [X Post] [Bsky Post]

Levari, Martel, Orchinik, Bhui, Seli, Pennycook, & Rand (preprint)

Blatantly false news increases belief in news that is merely implausible

[Preprint] [X Post] [Bsky Post]

Content Moderation

Martel, Berinsky, Rand, Zhang, & Resnick (2025)

PNAS Nexus

Perceived legitimacy of layperson and expert content moderators

[Paper] [Preprint]

Martel, Berinsky, Resnick, Zhang, & Rand (preprint)

Partisan consensus and divisions on content moderation of misinformation

Social Network Formation Papers

Martel*, Mosleh*, Yang, Zaman, & Rand (2024)

PNAS Nexus

Blocking of counter-partisan accounts drives political assortment on Twitter

Mosleh, Martel, Eckles, & Rand (2021)

PNAS

Shared partisanship dramatically increases social tie formation in a Twitter field experiment

Mosleh*, Martel*, & Rand (2024)

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Psychological underpinnings of partisan bias in tie formation on social media

COVID-19

Gollwitzer, McLoughlin, Martel, Marshall, Höhs, & Bargh (2021)

Social Psychology and Personality Science

Linking self-reported social distancing to real-world behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic

[Paper] [Preprint]

Gollwitzer, Martel, Brady, Pärnamets, Freedman, Knowles, & Van Bavel (2020)

Nature Human Behaviour

Partisan differences in physical distancing are linked to health outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic

Other Work: Public Opinion

Martel*, Epstein*, & Rand (preprint)

Americans' attitudes toward advancements in generative artificial intelligence