Jon Roozenbeek, Sander van der Linden

The Psychology of Misinformation

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"Using humorous examples and quality research, this book offers the first comprehensive, multidisciplinary analysis of why people believe and share misinformation, and if the internet has changed things. Suitable for students and researchers in psychology, politics, international relations, and sociology, as well as policymakers and changemakers"--

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 194
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. April 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 431g
• ISBN-13: 9781009214407
• ISBN-10: 1009214403
• Artikelnr.: 70239463

Autorenporträt

Jon Roozenbeek is an award-winning researcher from the University of Cambridge, whose work straddles psychology, area studies, and computer science. He studies the psychology of misinformation and group identity in times of conflict, and authored Propaganda and Ideology in the Russian-Ukrainian War (2024).

Inhaltsangabe

Prologue
Part I. Setting The Stage: 1. Defining misinformation
2. A history of misinformation
3. Do we have a misinformation problem
Part II. Misinformation Belief and Spread: 4. Why do people believe and share misinformation
5. Echo chambers and filter bubbles
Part III. Countering Misinformation: 6. Laws and regulation
7. Interventions to combat misinformation
8. Reflecting on our own program of research.