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Negotiating reality: How mis/disinformation shapes romantic relationships
30-Aug-2025
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Misinformation/disinformation leads to US couples’ divorces, breakups
People interviewed in a new study by communication professor Emily Van Duyn said that online misinformation/disinformation, conspiracy theory groups and their former partners’ rabbit-holing behaviors caused insurmountable rifts in their relationships that ultimately led to their divorces or breakups. Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer
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New Media & Society
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Survey
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People
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2025-08-30
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Negotiating reality: How mis/disinformation shapes romantic relationships
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This article is based on a news release from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News Bureau. BrightSurf curates and republishes science news from research institutions worldwide; the original release is linked below.
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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News Bureau. (2025, September 29). Misinformation/disinformation leads to US couples’ divorces, breakups. Brightsurf News. https://www.brightsurf.com/news/8OMWPY21/misinformationdisinformation-leads-to-us-couples-divorces-breakups.html
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"Misinformation/disinformation leads to US couples’ divorces, breakups." Brightsurf News, Sep. 29 2025, https://www.brightsurf.com/news/8OMWPY21/misinformationdisinformation-leads-to-us-couples-divorces-breakups.html.