Research Keywords

  • Science Communication
  • Political Communication
  • Misinformation

Presentations

  • "Partisanship, not illiteracy: Explaining older Americans' vulnerability to dubious news." Edna Anderson-Taylor Communication Institute. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 04/07/2022.
  • "Accepting or rejecting the experts? Understanding the roles of media literacy, overconfidence, and elite cues ." Annenberg Public Policy Center Speaker Series. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 03/31/2022.
  • Guess, A, Lyons, BA,†, Montgomery, J, Nyhan, B, & Reifler, J. (2019, Nov.) “The perils of overconfidence: Consuming, sharing, and believing false news content.” Accepted to the annual conference of the Midwest Association for Public Opinion Research, November 22-23, 2019, in Chicago, IL. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 11/23/2019.
  • Guess, A, Lerner, M., Lyons, BA, Montgomery, J, Nyhan, B, & Reifler, J. "A digital media literacy intervention increases discernment between mainstream and false news in the United States and India.” presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, August 29 – September 1, 2019 in Washington, DC. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 09/01/2019.
  • Hasell, A, Lyons, BA, Tallapragada, M, & Jamieson, KH. (2019, May). “Using nonfiction narrative messages to reduce reactance to science consensus information,” presented at the annual conference of the International Communication Association, 24-28 May 2019 in Washington DC. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 05/25/2019.
  • Association for Psychological Science. Invited symposium, “Fake News and Misinformation.”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 05/25/2019.
  • Guess, A, Montgomery, J, Lyons, BA, Nyhan, B, & Reifler, J. (2019, April). “Can digital literacy save us from fake news? Evidence from the 2018 U.S. midterm election.” Presented at the annual conference of the Midwest Political Science Association, Political Communication section, April 4-7, 2019 in Chicago, IL. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 04/05/2019.

Publications

  • Altay, S. & Lyons, BA, Modirrousta-Galian, A. (2024). Exposure to Higher Rates of False News Erodes Media Trust and Fuels Overconfidence. Mass Communication & Society. Accepted, 06/05/2024.
  • Lyons, BA & Hasell, A. (2024). Communicating Republicans level of support for climate policy briefly increases personal support in the United States. Science Communication. Published, 05/30/2024.
    https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/107554702...
  • Barnfield, M. & Stoeckel, F., Phillips, J., Stöckli, S., Thompson, J., Mérola, V., Szewach, P., Lyons, BA, Reifler, J. (2024). Forecasts Can Both Improve and Harm the Accuracy and Precision of Expectations. Public Opinion Quarterly. Accepted, 05/07/2024.
  • Stoeckel, F. & Stöckli, S., Ceka, B., Lyons, BA., Reifler, J. (2024). The double-edged sword of user comments: Social corrections reduce the perceived accuracy of both false and real news in the UK, Germany, and Italy. Communications Psychology. Published, 02/13/2024.
    https://www.nature.com/articles/s44271-024-00057-w
  • Lyons, BA & Montgomery, J., Reifler, J. (2024). Partisanship and older Americans’ engagement with dubious political news. Public Opinion Quarterly. Accepted, 01/08/2024.
  • Lyons, BA & (with the students of COMM 5820) (2023). The effects of narrative and statistical messaging about the health impacts of air quality. Communication Research Reports. Published, 11/16/2023.
    https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08824...
  • Lyons, BA (2023). How orientations to expertise condition the acceptance of (mis)information. Current Opinion in Psychology. Published, 10/20/2023.
    https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/...
  • Lyons, BA & Merola, V., Reifler, J., Spalti, A., Stednitz, C. , Stoeckel, F., (2023). When experts matter: Variations in consensus messaging for vaccine and GMO safety. Public Understanding of Science. Published, 08/19/2023.
    https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/096366252...
  • Stoeckel, F., & Thompson, J., Merola, V, Szewach, P., Lyons, BA, Reifler, J, (2023). Public Misperceptions of European Integration: A Comparative Study of Six EU Member States. European Union Politics. Published, 08/18/2023.
    https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1465...
  • Lyons, BA (2023). Older Americans are more vulnerable to prior exposure effects in news evaluation. Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) Misinformation Review. Published, 07/24/2023.
    https://misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/article/olde...
  • Stoeckel, F. & Thompson, J., Szewach, P., Stockli, S., Barnfield, M., Phillips, J., Lyons, BA, Merola, V., Reifler, J (2023). Correlates of support for international vaccine solidarity during the COVID-19 pandemic: Cross-sectional survey evidence from Germany. PLoS One. Published, 06/23/2023.
    https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.13...
  • Schmierbach, M. & Andsagerb, J., Banning, S., Chung, M., Lyons, BA., McLeod, DM., Meirick, PC, Pan, Z., Rojas, H. & Sun, Y. (2023). Another Point of View: Scholarly Responses to the State of Third-Person Research. Mass Communication & Society. Published, 05/01/2023.
    https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15205...
  • Thompson, J. & Spalti, A., Barnfield, M., Stockli, S., Phillips, J., Stoeckel, F., Lyons, BA, Merola, V., Szewach, P., Reifler, J. (2023). Vaccine attributes and vaccine uptake in Hungary: Evidence from a conjoint experiment. European Journal of Public Health. Published, 04/02/2023.
    https://academic.oup.com/eurpub/article/33/3/476/7...
  • Spälti, AS & Lyons, BA, Stoeckel, F., Szewach, P., Merola, V., Stednitz, C., Lopez Gonzalez, P., Reifler, J. (2023). Partisanship and anti-elite worldviews as correlates of science and health beliefs in the multi-party system of Spain. Public Understanding of Science. Published, 03/14/2023.
    https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/096366252...
  • Lyons, BA (2022). Why We Should Rethink the Third Person Effect: Disentangling Bias and Earned Confidence Using Behavioral Data. Journal of Communication. Published, 10/01/2022.
    https://academic.oup.com/joc/article/72/5/565/6665...
  • Stoeckel, F., Stöckli, S., Phillips, J., Lyons, B. , Merola, V., Barnfield, M. , Szewach, P., Thompson, J. & Reifler, J. (2022). Stamping the vaccine passport? Public support for lifting COVID-19 related restrictions for vaccinated citizens in France, Germany, and Sweden. Vaccine. Published, 09/09/2022.
    https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/...
  • Lyons, BA. (2022). Insidiously Trivial: Meme Format Reduces Perceived Influence and Intent to Debate Partisan Claims. Media and Communication. Published, 08/31/2022.
    https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunicati...
  • Lyons, BA & Workman, K.S. (2022). Explicit voter fraud conspiracy cues increase belief among co-partisans but have broader spillover effects on confidence in elections. Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review. Published, 06/07/2022.
    https://misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/article/rese...
  • Stoeckel, F., Carter, C., Lyons, BA & Reifler, J (2022). The Politics of Vaccine Hesitancy in Europe. European Journal of Public Health. Published, 05/06/2022.
    https://academic.oup.com/eurpub/advance-article/do...
  • Spälti, A, Stöckli, S, Phillips, J, Stoeckel, F, Reifler, J, Lyons, BA, Mérola, V, & Szewach, P. (2022). Which vaccine attributes foster vaccine uptake? A cross-country conjoint experiment. PLoS One. Published, 05/04/2022.
    https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.13...
  • Stoeckel, F., Lyons, BA & Reifler, J (2021). Public misperceptions of European integration in the UK. Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties. Published, 07/12/2021.
    https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17457...
  • Stoeckel, F., Carter, C., Lyons, B. & Reifler, J. (2021). Association of vaccine hesitancy and immunization coverage rates in the European Union. Vaccine. Accepted, 05/21/2021.
    https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/...
  • Lyons, BA & Montgomery, J, Guess, A, Nyhan, B, Reifler, J. (2021). Overconfidence in News Judgements. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Accepted, 04/16/2021.
    https://www.pnas.org/content/118/23/e2019527118
  • Berlinski, N. & Doyle, M., Guess, A., Levy, G., Lyons, BA, Montgomery, J., Nyhan, B., & Reifler, J. (2021). The Effects of Unsubstantiated Claims of Voter Fraud on Confidence in Elections. Journal of Experimental Political Science. Accepted, 04/01/2021.
    https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of...
  • Spälti, A., & Lyons, BA, Mérola, V., Reifler, J., Stedtnitz, C., Stoeckel, F., & Szewach, P (2021). Partisanship and public opinion of COVID-19: Does emphasizing Trump and his administration’s response to the pandemic affect public opinion about the coronavirus?. Journal of Elections, Public Opinion & Parties. Accepted, 04/01/2021.
    https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17457...
  • Lyons, BA & Farhart, C, Hall, M, Kotcher, J, Levendusky, M, Miller, J, Nyhan, B, Raimi, K, Reifler, J, Saunders, K, Skytte, R, & Zhao, X. (2021). Self-Affirmation and Identity-Driven Political Behavior. Journal of Experimental Political Science. Published, 02/08/2021.
    https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of...
  • Lyons, B, Merola, V & Reifler, J. (2020). How bad is the fake news problem? The effect of baseline information in public perceptions. The psychology of fake news: Accepting, sharing, and correcting misinformation. London, UK: Routledge. Published, 08/14/2020.
    https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429295379
  • Guess, A, Lerner, M., Lyons, B, Montgomery, J., Nyhan, B, Reifler, J. & Sircar, N. (2020). A digital media literacy intervention increases discernment between mainstream and false news in the United States and India. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Accepted, 05/01/2020.
    https://www.pnas.org/content/117/27/15536
  • Lyons, B, Merola, V, Reifler, J. & Stoeckel, F. (2020). How Politics Shapes Views Toward Fact-Checking: Evidence from 6 European Countries. International Journal of Press/Politics. Accepted, 04/03/2020.
    https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1940...
  • Lyons, B, Merola, V & Reifler, J. (2020). Shifting medical guidelines: Compliance and spillover effects for revised antibiotic recommendations. Social Science & Medicine. Accepted, 03/16/2020.
    https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/...
  • Hasell, A, Lyons, B, Tallapragada, M & Jamieson, KH (2020). Improving GM consensus acceptance among environmentalists through reduced reactance and climate change-based message targeting. Environmental Communication. Accepted, 03/06/2020.
    https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17524...
  • Guess, Andrew, Lockett, D, Lyons, B, Montgomery, J, Nyhan, B & Reifler, J (2020). ‘‘Fake news” may have limited effects beyond increasing beliefs in false claims. Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) Misinformation Review. Vol. 1. Published, 01/14/2020.
    https://misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/article/fake...
  • Guess, A & Lyons, B (2020). Disinformation, Misinformation and Online Propaganda. Social Media and Democracy: The State of the Field. Cambridge University Press.. Accepted, 01/01/2020.
    https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/social-media-...
  • Lyons, B, McKay, A & Reifler, J. (2019). High-status lobbyists are most likely to overrate their success. Nature Human Behaviour. Published, 11/04/2019.
    https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-019-0761-9
  • Lyons BA, Hasell A, Tallapragada M & Jamieson KH (2019). Conversion messages and attitude change: Strong arguments, not costly signals. Public understanding of science (Bristol, England). Vol. 28, 320-338. Published, 11/01/2019.
    https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0963...
  • Lyons, B, Akin, H & Stroud, NJ (2019). Proximity (Mis)perception: Public Awareness of Nuclear, Refinery, and Fracking Sites. Risk Analysis. Published, 08/27/2019.
    https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/r...
  • Lyons, B (2019). Discussion Network Activation: An Expanded Approach to Selective Exposure. Media and Communication. Published, 07/30/2019.
    https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunicati...
  • Guess, A, Lyons, BA, , Montgomery, J, , Nyhan, B, & & Reifler, J. (2019). Fake news, Facebook ads, and misperceptions: Assessing information quality in the 2018 U.S. midterm election campaign. Democracy Fund report. Published, 02/06/2019.
    http://www.dartmouth.edu/~nyhan/fake-news-2018.pdf
  • Lyons B, Merola V & Reifler J (2019). Not Just Asking Questions: Effects of Implicit and Explicit Conspiracy Information About Vaccines and Genetic Modification. Health communication. Vol. 34, 1741-1750. Published, 01/01/2019.
    https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10410...
  • Lyons, B (2018). When Readers Believe Journalists: Effects of Adjudication in Varied Dispute Contexts. International Journal of Public Opinion Research. Published, 12/01/2018.
    https://academic.oup.com/ijpor/article/30/4/583/41...
  • Lyons, B (2018). Reducing Group Alignment in Factual Disputes? The Limited Effects of Social Identity Interventions. Science Communication. Published, 10/10/2018.
    https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/107554701...
  • Lyons, BA., Hasell, A & Stroud, NJ (2018). Enduring Extremes? Polar Vortex, Drought, and Climate Change Beliefs. Environmental Communication. Vol. 12. Published, 09/24/2018.
    https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17524...
  • Guess, A, Lyons, B, Nyhan, B, & Reifler, J. (2018). Avoiding the Echo Chamber about Echo Chambers: Why Selective Exposure to Like-Minded Political News Is Less Prevalent Than You Think. Knight Foundation report. Published, 02/14/2018.
    https://kf-site-production.s3.amazonaws.com/media_...
  • Veenstra, A, Lyons, B & Degim Flannagan, A (2017). Intraparty Hostility: Social Identity, Subidentity, and the Hostile Media Effect in a Contested Primary. Journal of Political Marketing. Published, 08/14/2017.
    https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/153778...
  • Lyons, B (2017). From Code to Discourse: Social Media and Linkage Mechanisms in Deliberative Systems. Journal of Public Deliberation. Published, 04/20/2017.
    https://www.publicdeliberation.net/cgi/viewcontent...
  • Lyons BA & Veenstra AS (2016). How (Not) to Talk on Twitter: Effects of Politicians' Tweets on Perceptions of the Twitter Environment. Cyberpsychology, behavior and social networking. Vol. 19, 8-15. Published, 09/01/2016.
    https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/full/10.1089/cyber....
  • Veenstra AS, Park CS, Lyons BA, Kang CS & Iyer N (2016). Intramedium Interaction and the Third-Person Effect: How Partisans Respond to YouTube Ads and Comments. Cyberpsychology, behavior and social networking. Vol. 18, 406-10. Published, 02/01/2016.
    https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/full/10.1089/cyber....
  • Veenstra, A, Lyons, B & Fowler-Dawson, A (2016). Conservatism vs. conservationism: differential influences of social identities on beliefs about fracking. Environmental Communication. Published, 01/11/2016.
    https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17524...
  • Veenstra, A, Hossain, M & Lyons, B (2014). Partisan Media and Discussion as Enhancers of the Belief Gap. Mass Communication & Society. Published, 10/23/2014.
    https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15205...