The UK Royal Society has recently released an extensive report on the way online environments have reshaped the dissemination and use of scientific information, with particular emphasis on issues such as communication of such information to the broader society and the propagation of disinformation.  An overview of the work, and a series of links to relevant reports, can be found at

https://royalsociety.org/topics-policy/projects/online-information-environment/

Clifford Lynch
Director, CNI