Foolproof: Why Misinformation Infects Our Minds and How to Build Immunity

Van Der Linden, Sander

ISBN 10: 039388144X / ISBN 13: 9780393881448

Verlag: W. W. Norton & Company, 2023

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FoolproofWith remarkable clarity, Sander van der Linden explains why our brains are so vulnerable to misinformation, how it spreads across social networks, and what we can do to protect ourselves and others. Like a virus, misinformation infects our minds, exploiting shortcuts in how we see and process information to alter our beliefs, modify our memories, and replicate at astonishing rates. Once the virus takes hold, it’s very hard to cure. Strategies like fact-checking and debunking can leave a falsehood still festering or, at worst, even strengthen its hold.But we aren’t helpless. As van der Linden shows based on award-winning original research, we can cultivate immunity through the innovative science of “prebunking”: inoculating people against false information by preemptively exposing them to a weakened dose, thus empowering them to identify and fend off its manipulative tactics. Deconstructing the characteristic techniques of conspiracies and misinformation, van der Linden gives readers practical tools to defend themselves and others against nefarious persuasion—whether at scale or around their own dinner table.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Sander van der Linden is a regular advisor to governments and social media companies on fighting misinformation. His research has been featured in the New York Times, Rolling Stone, and elsewhere. A professor at the University of Cambridge, he lives in Cambridge, UK.

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Titel: Foolproof: Why Misinformation Infects Our ...
Verlag: W. W. Norton & Company
Erscheinungsdatum: 2023
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: Fair
Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket