C-SPAM is dedicated to understanding the science behind current societal divisions and the false and misleading information that fuels them. An interdisciplinary initiative housed in The Ohio State University's College of Arts and Sciences, we connect experts across fields to facilitate research with implications for communication, national security, public health, sustainability, and other sectors.
Affiliate Research
Learn about our affiliates' work and findings, which have been published in leading scholarly journals.
Contracting COVID-19: a longitudinal investigation of the impact of beliefs and knowledge
In Scientific Reports, affiliate Russell Fazio and co-authors discuss links between belief in pandemic-related conspiracy theories and contraction of COVID-19.
Unintended Effects of Emphasizing the Role of Climate Change in Recent Natural Disasters
In Environmental Communication, affiliate Graham Dixon and co-authors discuss hazards of communicating climate risk to climate change skeptics in the wake of natural disasters.
Personal experiences bridge moral and political divides better than facts
In PNAS, incoming faculty director Kurt Gray and co-authors discuss the role of sharing personal experiences in fostering respect between people with divergent political perspectives.
Contracting COVID-19: a longitudinal investigation of the impact of beliefs and knowledge
In Scientific Reports, affiliate Russell Fazio and co-authors discuss links between belief in pandemic-related conspiracy theories and contraction of COVID-19.
Unintended Effects of Emphasizing the Role of Climate Change in Recent Natural Disasters
In Environmental Communication, affiliate Graham Dixon and co-authors discuss hazards of communicating climate risk to climate change skeptics in the wake of natural disasters.
Personal experiences bridge moral and political divides better than facts
In PNAS, incoming faculty director Kurt Gray and co-authors discuss the role of sharing personal experiences in fostering respect between people with divergent political perspectives.
