The Ohio State University C-SPAM: Collaborative on the Science of Polarization and Misinformation

Research

Research

Funded Projects

Learn about interdisciplinary scientific research that C-SPAM has funded.

An elderly man looks down at his smartphone, which displays a block of text.

Vulnerability to Misinformation among Cognitively Diverse Older Adults

Supported by Spring 2026 C-SPAM Seed Grant

The scales of justice sit on a table in front of an empty jury box in a court room.

The Sum of Its Parts: An Averaging Model of Misinformation Processing in Polarized Environments

Supported by Spring 2026 C-SPAM Seed Grant

Affiliate Spotlights

Learn about our affiliates and their research through this series of informal conversations.

Matthew Grizzard

Matthew Grizzard 

Moral judgments in stories and real life

Kurt Gray

Kurt Gray

Asking the deep questions
 

Helen Murphey

Helen Murphey

Populism and conspiracy theories in the global context 

Dominik Stecula

Dominik Stecula 

Vaccine hesitancy, media influence, and the unifying power of sports