The Misinformation Age: How False Beliefs Spread
New Haven, CT, USA: Yale University Press (2019)
Abstract
"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? Philosophers of science Cailin O’Connor and James Weatherall argue that social factors, rather than individual psychology, are what’s essential to understanding the spread and persistence of false belief. 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 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."–Publisher’s description.Author Profiles
77.64 group dynamics Cognitive psychology Common fallacies Desinformation Errors Falschmeldung Fehlinformation Information behavior Informationsgesellschaft Massenmedien Neue Medien PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology Psychological aspects SCIENCE / Cognitive Science Social Media Social aspects Sociology Truthfulness and falsehood Verbreitung
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9780300234015 0300251858 0300234015 0274758539
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