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The psychology of fake news : accepting, sharing, and correcting misinformation / edited by Rainer Greifeneder [and three others]

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2021Description: 1 online resource (239 pages) : illustrations (some color), mapsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
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  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780429295379
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Contents:
What is new and true about fake news?
Part I. The journey and aftermath of (false) information in networks
How bad is the fake news problem? The role of baseline information in public perceptions
Truth and the dynamics of news diffusion on Twitter
Retracted articles – the scientific version of fake news
Part II. Cognitive processes in accepting, sharing, and correcting misinformation
When (fake) news feels true : Intuitions of truth and the acceptance and correction of misinformation
Truthiness : How non-probative photos shape belief
Can that be true or is it just fake news? New perspectives on the negativity bias in judgments of truth
False beliefs : Byproducts of an adaptive knowledge base?
Psychological inoculation against fake news
Part III. Motivational processes in accepting, sharing, and correcting misinformation
Your fake news, our facts : Identity-based motivation shapes what we believe, share, and accept
Conspiracy beliefs : Knowledge, ego defense, and social integration in the processing of fake news
Fake news attributions as a source of nonspecific structure
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

What is new and true about fake news?

Part I. The journey and aftermath of (false) information in networks

How bad is the fake news problem? The role of baseline information in public perceptions

Truth and the dynamics of news diffusion on Twitter

Retracted articles – the scientific version of fake news

Part II. Cognitive processes in accepting, sharing, and correcting misinformation

When (fake) news feels true : Intuitions of truth and the acceptance and correction of misinformation

Truthiness : How non-probative photos shape belief

Can that be true or is it just fake news? New perspectives on the negativity bias in judgments of truth

False beliefs : Byproducts of an adaptive knowledge base?

Psychological inoculation against fake news

Part III. Motivational processes in accepting, sharing, and correcting misinformation

Your fake news, our facts : Identity-based motivation shapes what we believe, share, and accept

Conspiracy beliefs : Knowledge, ego defense, and social integration in the processing of fake news

Fake news attributions as a source of nonspecific structure

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