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The Psychology of Fake News

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The Psychology of Fake News

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The Psychology of Fake News book

Accepting, Sharing, and Correcting Misinformation

The Psychology of Fake News

DOI link for The Psychology of Fake News

The Psychology of Fake News book

Accepting, Sharing, and Correcting Misinformation
Edited ByRainer Greifeneder, Mariela E. Jaffé, Eryn J. Newman, Norbert Schwarz
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 2020
eBook Published 14 August 2020
Pub. Location London
Imprint Routledge
DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429295379
Pages 252
eBook ISBN 9780429295379
Subjects Arts, Behavioral Sciences, Information Science
OA Funder University of Basel
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Greifeneder, R., Jaffe, M., Newman, E., & Schwarz, N. (Eds.). (2020). The Psychology of Fake News: Accepting, Sharing, and Correcting Misinformation (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429295379

ABSTRACT

This volume examines the phenomenon of fake news by bringing together leading experts from different fields within psychology and related areas, and explores what has become a prominent feature of public discourse since the first Brexit referendum and the 2016 US election campaign.

Dealing with misinformation is important in many areas of daily life, including politics, the marketplace, health communication, journalism, education, and science. In a general climate where facts and misinformation blur, and are intentionally blurred, this book asks what determines whether people accept and share (mis)information, and what can be done to counter misinformation? All three of these aspects need to be understood in the context of online social networks, which have fundamentally changed the way information is produced, consumed, and transmitted. The contributions within this volume summarize the most up-to-date empirical findings, theories, and applications and discuss cutting-edge ideas and future directions of interventions to counter fake news.

Also providing guidance on how to handle misinformation in an age of “alternative facts”, this is a fascinating and vital reading for students and academics in psychology, communication, and political science and for professionals including policy makers and journalists.

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

chapter 1|8 pages

What is New and True 1 about Fake News?

ByRainer Greifeneder, Mariela E. Jaffé, Eryn J. Newman, Norbert Schwarz

Size: 0.12 MB

part Part I|62 pages

The journey and aftermath of (false) information in networks

chapter 2|16 pages

How Bad is the Fake News Problem?

The role of baseline information in public perceptions
ByBenjamin A. Lyons, Vittorio Merola, Jason Reifler

Size: 0.46 MB

chapter 3|20 pages

Truth and the Dynamics of News Diffusion on Twitter

ByRobert Ackland, Karl Gwynn

Size: 0.43 MB

chapter 4|24 pages

Retracted Articles – the Scientific Version of Fake News

ByJudit Bar-Ilan, Gali Halevi

Size: 0.89 MB

part Part II|99 pages

Cognitive processes in accepting, sharing, and correcting misinformation

chapter 5|17 pages

When (Fake) News Feels True

Intuitions of truth and the acceptance and correction of misinformation
ByNorbert Schwarz, Madeline Jalbert

Size: 0.18 MB

chapter 6|25 pages

Truthiness

How non-probative photos shape belief
ByEryn J. Newman, Lynn Zhang

Size: 1.38 MB

chapter 7|16 pages

Can that be True or is it Just Fake News?

New perspectives on the negativity bias in judgments of truth
ByMariela E. Jaffé, Rainer Greifeneder

Size: 0.17 MB

chapter 8|16 pages

False Beliefs

Byproducts of an adaptive knowledge base?
ByElizabeth J. Marsh, Matthew L. Stanley

Size: 0.20 MB

chapter 9|23 pages

Psychological Inoculation Against Fake News

BySander van der Linden, Jon Roozenbeek

Size: 1.58 MB

part Part III|64 pages

Motivational processes in accepting, sharing, and correcting misinformation

chapter 10|23 pages

Your Fake News, Our Facts

Identity-based motivation shapes what we believe, share, and accept
ByDaphna Oyserman, Andrew Dawson

Size: 0.70 MB

chapter 11|24 pages

Conspiracy Beliefs

Knowledge, ego defense, and social integration in the processing of fake news
ByDolores Albarracín

Size: 0.25 MB

chapter 12|15 pages

Fake News Attributions as a Source of Nonspecific Structure

ByJordan R. Axt, Mark J. Landau, Aaron C. Kay

Size: 0.15 MB
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