The misinformation age : how false beliefs spread /
O'Connor, Cailin,
The misinformation age : how false beliefs spread / How false beliefs spread Cailin O'Connor, James Owen Weatherall. - New Haven : Yale University Press, (c)2019. - 1 online resource (ix, 266 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction : the vegetable lamb of Tartary -- What is truth? -- Polarization and conformity -- The evangelization of peoples -- The social network.
Why should we care about having true beliefs? And why do demonstrably false beliefs persist and spread despite consequences for the people who hold them? It might seem that there's an obvious reason that true beliefs matter: false beliefs will hurt you. But if that's right, then why is it (apparently) irrelevant to many people whether they believe true things or not? In an age riven by "fake news," "alternative facts," and disputes over the validity of everything from climate change to the size of inauguration crowds, the authors argue that social factors, not individual psychology, are what's essential to understanding the persistence of false belief and that we must know how those social forces work in order to fight misinformation effectively.--adapted from publisher's description.
9780300241006
Errors--Social aspects.
Errors--Psychological aspects.
Electronic Books.
BF323 / .M575 2019 BF323
The misinformation age : how false beliefs spread / How false beliefs spread Cailin O'Connor, James Owen Weatherall. - New Haven : Yale University Press, (c)2019. - 1 online resource (ix, 266 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction : the vegetable lamb of Tartary -- What is truth? -- Polarization and conformity -- The evangelization of peoples -- The social network.
Why should we care about having true beliefs? And why do demonstrably false beliefs persist and spread despite consequences for the people who hold them? It might seem that there's an obvious reason that true beliefs matter: false beliefs will hurt you. But if that's right, then why is it (apparently) irrelevant to many people whether they believe true things or not? In an age riven by "fake news," "alternative facts," and disputes over the validity of everything from climate change to the size of inauguration crowds, the authors argue that social factors, not individual psychology, are what's essential to understanding the persistence of false belief and that we must know how those social forces work in order to fight misinformation effectively.--adapted from publisher's description.
9780300241006
Errors--Social aspects.
Errors--Psychological aspects.
Electronic Books.
BF323 / .M575 2019 BF323