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Sam Wineburg

Margaret Jacks Professor of Education Emeritus

Stanford University

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School of Humanities and Sciences

American Studies

Sam Wineburg is currently serving as an American Studies Margaret Jacks Professor of Education Emeritus at Stanford University.

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Stanford University

Margaret Jacks Professor of Education Emeritus

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College Students Are Bombarded by Misinformation, so This Professor Taught Them Fact-Checking 101 − Here’s What Happened. (2025)

physic educationundergraduate researchcommunicationhigher educationhigher education teachinglearning sciencescollege studentseducationstudent learning

From Scrolling to Scrutiny: Incorporating Online Source Evaluation Into an Introductory University Course. SSRN Electronic Journal (2025)

online educationindependent studiesdistance educationeducation

Distinguishing Credible From Sham: Supporting Young People to Navigate Online. (2024)

Joel BreakstoneSarah McGrewMark SmithSam Wineburg

digital interventionscommunicationsupporting young peoplesocial media

Toolbox of Individual-Level Interventions Against Online Misinformation. Nature Human Behaviour (2024)

Anastasia KozyrevaPhilipp Lorenz-SpreenStefan M HerzogUllrich K H EckerStephan LewandowskyRalph HertwigAyesha AliJoe Bak-ColemanSarit BarzilaiMelisa BasolAdam J BerinskyCornelia BetschJohn CookLisa K FazioMichael GeersAndrew M GuessHaifeng HuangHoracio LarreguyRakoen MaertensFolco PanizzaGordon PennycookDavid G RandSteve RathjeJason ReiflerPhilipp SchmidMark SmithBriony Swire-ThompsonPaula SzewachSander van der LindenSam Wineburg

positive behavior interventionshealth communicationcommunicationdigital interventionsonline misinformationdigital mediumsonline informationmisinformation

No, You’re Not That Good at Detecting Fake Videos – 2 Misinformation Experts Explain Why and How You Can Develop the Power to Resist These Deceptions. (2023)

fake videosdeepfakesinformation forensicsfraudcommunicationdeception detectionauthenticitymisinformation expertsdisinformation detectionjournalismmisinformation

VERIFIED: How to Think Straight, Get Duped Less, and Make Better Decisions About What to Believe Online. University of Chicago Press (2023)

believe onlinejournalismpersuasiononline experimentsdigital mediumsresearch ethicssocial computingcommunicationtrustscientific integritysocial mediaauthenticitytrust privacymake better decisionsdata trustget duped lessreputation systemsonline informationworld wide web

When Critical Thinking Isn’t Enough: To Beat Information Overload, We Need to Learn ‘Critical Ignoring’. (2023)

thinking skillscommunicationintellectual discourselearning scienceshuman decision processinformation overloadcognitive sciencecritical thinkingcognition

Civic Preparation for the Digital Age: How College Students Evaluate Online Sources About Social and Political Issues. The Journal of Higher Education (2022)

Joel BreakstoneMark SmithNadav ZivSam Wineburg

political sciencehigher educationscholarly communicationdigital agesocial scienceseducationsocial mediacollege studentsonline sourcespolitical communicationpolitical issuescivic preparation

Critical Ignoring as a Core Competence for Digital Citizens. Current Directions in Psychological Science (2022)

Anastasia KozyrevaSam WineburgStephan LewandowskyRalph Hertwig

cognitive psychologycritical ignoringpsychologycore competencesocial psychologydigital citizenscognitive sciencepsychological sciencebehavioral sciences

Lateral Reading on the Open Internet: A District-Wide Field Study in High School Government Classes.. Journal of Educational Psychology (2022)

Sam WineburgJoel BreakstoneSarah McGrewMark D. SmithTeresa Ortega

lateral readingopen interneteducationeducational psychologydistrict-wide field studyeducational research

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Sam Wineburg

Margaret Jacks Professor of Education Emeritus

Stanford University

Affiliations

School of Humanities and Sciences

American Studies

Sam Wineburg is currently serving as an American Studies Margaret Jacks Professor of Education Emeritus at Stanford University.

Honors

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Education

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Sam Wineburg

Stanford University

Margaret Jacks Professor of Education Emeritus

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Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

College Students Are Bombarded by Misinformation, so This Professor Taught Them Fact-Checking 101 − Here’s What Happened. (2025)

physic educationundergraduate researchcommunicationhigher educationhigher education teachinglearning sciencescollege studentseducationstudent learning

From Scrolling to Scrutiny: Incorporating Online Source Evaluation Into an Introductory University Course. SSRN Electronic Journal (2025)

online educationindependent studiesdistance educationeducation

Distinguishing Credible From Sham: Supporting Young People to Navigate Online. (2024)

Joel BreakstoneSarah McGrewMark SmithSam Wineburg

digital interventionscommunicationsupporting young peoplesocial media

Toolbox of Individual-Level Interventions Against Online Misinformation. Nature Human Behaviour (2024)

positive behavior interventionshealth communicationcommunicationdigital interventionsonline misinformationdigital mediumsonline informationmisinformation

No, You’re Not That Good at Detecting Fake Videos – 2 Misinformation Experts Explain Why and How You Can Develop the Power to Resist These Deceptions. (2023)

fake videosdeepfakesinformation forensicsfraudcommunicationdeception detectionauthenticitymisinformation expertsdisinformation detectionjournalismmisinformation

VERIFIED: How to Think Straight, Get Duped Less, and Make Better Decisions About What to Believe Online. University of Chicago Press (2023)

When Critical Thinking Isn’t Enough: To Beat Information Overload, We Need to Learn ‘Critical Ignoring’. (2023)

thinking skillscommunicationintellectual discourselearning scienceshuman decision processinformation overloadcognitive sciencecritical thinkingcognition

Civic Preparation for the Digital Age: How College Students Evaluate Online Sources About Social and Political Issues. The Journal of Higher Education (2022)

Joel BreakstoneMark SmithNadav ZivSam Wineburg

political sciencehigher educationscholarly communicationdigital agesocial scienceseducationsocial mediacollege studentsonline sourcespolitical communicationpolitical issuescivic preparation

Critical Ignoring as a Core Competence for Digital Citizens. Current Directions in Psychological Science (2022)

Anastasia KozyrevaSam WineburgStephan LewandowskyRalph Hertwig

cognitive psychologycritical ignoringpsychologycore competencesocial psychologydigital citizenscognitive sciencepsychological sciencebehavioral sciences

Lateral Reading on the Open Internet: A District-Wide Field Study in High School Government Classes.. Journal of Educational Psychology (2022)

Sam WineburgJoel BreakstoneSarah McGrewMark D. SmithTeresa Ortega

lateral readingopen interneteducationeducational psychologydistrict-wide field studyeducational research

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