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The psychology of fake news : accepting, sharing, and correcting misinformation /

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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 misi...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Taylor & Francis
Other Authors: Greifeneder, Rainer (Editor), Jaffé, Mariela E. (Editor), Newman, Eryn J. (Editor), Schwarz, Norbert, 1953- (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2021.
Subjects:
Fake news > Psychological aspects.
PSYCHOLOGY / General.
PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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 acceptOyserman, 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.