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

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ISBN 10: 0367271818 ISBN 13: 9780367271817

Verlag: Routledge, 2020

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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.

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Rainer Greifeneder is Professor of Social Psychology at the University of Basel, Switzerland. His research focuses on the impact of feelings on judgment, individuals' experiences and perceptions of being socially excluded, and the way individuals construe truth.

Mariela E. Jaffé is a Postdoctoral Researcher in Social Psychology at the University of Basel, Switzerland. Her research interests focus on the construal of truth, individuals' preferences regarding diversity, and the use of decision¿making aids.

Eryn J. Newman is a Lecturer at the Australian National University. Her research focuses on how people come to believe and remember things are true and how tangential information or "pseudöevidence" can bias people's assessments of information they encounter.

Norbert Schwarz is Provost Professor of Psychology and Marketing and Cödirector of the Mind & Society Center at the University of Southern California. His research addresses the context sensitive and embodied nature of judgment and decision making and its implications for public opinion, consumer behavior, and social science research.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Routledge
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2020
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0367271818
• ISBN 13: 9780367271817
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 252
• Herausgeber: Greifeneder Rainer, Jaffe Mariela, Newman Eryn, Schwarz Norbert
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