9780300234015-0300234015-The Misinformation Age: How False Beliefs Spread

The Misinformation Age: How False Beliefs Spread

ISBN-13: 9780300234015
ISBN-10: 0300234015
Edition: 1
Author: Cailin OConnor, James Owen Weatherall
Publication date: 2018
Publisher: Yale University Press
Format: Hardcover 280 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780300234015
ISBN-10: 0300234015
Edition: 1
Author: Cailin OConnor, James Owen Weatherall
Publication date: 2018
Publisher: Yale University Press
Format: Hardcover 280 pages

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The Misinformation Age: How False Beliefs Spread (ISBN-13: 9780300234015 and ISBN-10: 0300234015), written by authors Cailin OConnor, James Owen Weatherall, was published by Yale University Press in 2018. With an overall rating of 4.5 stars, it's a notable title among other Social Psychology & Interactions (Psychology & Counseling, Behavioral Sciences, History & Philosophy, Social Psychology & Interactions, Psychology, Communication & Media Studies, Social Sciences) books. You can easily purchase or rent The Misinformation Age: How False Beliefs Spread (Hardcover) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Social Psychology & Interactions books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $1.3.

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The social dynamics of “alternative facts”: why what you believe depends on who you know

Why should we care about having true beliefs? And why do demonstrably false beliefs persist and spread despite bad, even fatal, 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 beliefs. 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?

The Misinformation Age, written for a political era riven by “fake news,” “alternative facts,” and disputes over the validity of everything from climate change to the size of inauguration crowds, shows convincingly that what you believe depends on who you know. If social forces explain the persistence of false belief, we must understand how those forces work in order to fight misinformation effectively.
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