Before you leave...
Take 20% off your first order
20% off
Enter the code below at checkout to get 20% off your first order
Bad News: Why We Fall for Fake News (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781472962850)
Vendor:
Rob Brotherton
Product type:
Books
- $28.00
$28.00- $28.00
- Unit price
- per
Subtotal:
$28.00
Description
xPsychologist Rob Brotherton asks, "how can we all be smarter consumers of news?"
Today we carry the news with us, getting instant alerts about events around the globe. And yet despite this unprecedented abundance of information, it seems increasingly difficult to know what's true and what's not. In Bad News, Rob Brotherton delves into the psychology of news, reviewing how psychological research can help navigate this post-truth world. Which buzzwords describe psychological reality, and which are empty sound bites? How much of this news is unprecedented, and how much is business as usual? Are we doomed to fall for fake news, or is fake news ... fake news? Much psychological research attempts to answer the fundamental questions lurking behind fake news. How do we form our beliefs, and why do we end up believing things that are wrong? How much information can we possibly process, and what is the internet doing to our attention spans? This brilliant book presents psychological research pertaining to one of the great concerns of the age: how can we all be smarter consumers of news?Author: Rob Brotherton
ISBN-10: 1472962850
ISBN-13: 9781472962850
Publisher: Bloomsbury SIGMA
Language: English
Published: 05/12/2020
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 8.10h x 6.00w x 1.40d
By Rob Brotherton
xRob Brotherton is an academic psychologist and science writer who likes to walk on the weird side of psychology. His first book, Suspicious Minds: Why We Believe Conspiracy Theories, was published by Bloomsbury Sigma in 2015 and was shortlisted for a British Psychological Society Book Award. Rob completed a PhD on the psychology of conspiracy theories at Goldsmiths, University of London, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council. After a time lecturing at Goldsmiths, he moved to New York City, where he researches and teaches political psychology, among other things, at Barnard College, Columbia University.
Recently Viewed Products
- Choosing a selection results in a full page refresh.