The misinformation age : how false beliefs spread / Cailin O'Connor, James Owen Weatherall.

By:

O'Connor, Cailin [Author]

Contributor(s):

Weatherall, James Owen []

Material type: Text

text

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online resource

ISBN:

9780300241006

Other title:

How false beliefs spread

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Electronic Books.

LOC classification:

BF323 .M575 2019
BF323

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Contents:

Introduction : the vegetable lamb of Tartary -- What is truth? -- Polarization and conformity -- The evangelization of peoples -- The social network.

Subject: 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.

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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.

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