The Psychology of Fake News: Accepting, Sharing, and Correcting Misinformation

ISBN-13: 9780367271817 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 240 str.

Rainer Greifeneder; Mariela Jaffe; Eryn Newman

Opis

This book examines the phenomenon of fake news by bringing together leading experts from different fields within psychology and related areas. In an age where "alternative facts" have become a prominent feature of public discourse, this is fascinating reading for students, academics, and professionals including policy makers and journalists.

Spis treści

01. What is new and true about fake news? Greifeneder, R., Jaffé, M. E., Newman, E., & Schwarz, N.  02. How Bad is the Fake News Problem? The Role of Baseline Information in Public Perceptions Lyons, B., Merola, V., & Reifler, J.  03. Truth and the Dynamics of News Diffusion on Twitter Ackland, R. & Gwynn, K.  04. Retracted Articles – The Scientific Version of Fake News Bar-Ilan, J. & Halevi, G.  05. When (Fake) News Feels True: Intuitions of Truth and the Acceptance and Correction of Misinformation Schwarz, N. & Jalbert, M.  06. Truthiness: How Non-Probative Photos Shape Belief Newman, E. J. & Zhang, L.  07. Can that be True or is it just Fake News? New Perspectives on the Negativity Bias in Judgments of Truth Jaffé, M. E. & Greifeneder, R.  08. False Beliefs: Byproducts of an Adaptive Knowledge Base? Marsh, E. J. & Stanley, M.  09. Psychological Inoculation against Fake News van der Linden, S. & Roozenbeek, J.  10. Your fake news, our facts: Identity-based motivation shapes what we believe, share, and accept Oyserman, D. & Dawson, A.  11. Conspiracy Beliefs: Knowledge, Ego-Defense, and Social Integration in the Processing of Fake News Albaraccin, D.  12. Fake News Attributions as a Source of Nonspecific Structure Axt, J. R., Landau, M. J., & Kay, A. C.