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The Psychology of Fake News

Author

Park Joonsuk

Publisher

Humanist Publishing Group Inc.

Categories

Humanities & Society

Audience

Adult

Overseas Licensing

Keywords

  • #fake news
  • #psychology
  • #fact checking
  • #media literacy
  • #cognitive bias
  • #COVID-19

Copyright Contact

Jun Doohyun

  • Publication Date

    2021-03-01
  • No. of pages

    240
  • ISBN

    9791160805338
  • Dimensions

    135 * 200
Overview

This book analyzes the scientific reasons that explain why we as human beings are so easily fooled by fake news, and looks at several real-life fake news examples.

Book Intro

We are living in an era flooded with fake news and conspiracies; it's not surprising that people call this the "age of fake news." Information with no clear source is being shared widely across social media such as YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter. And news outlets busy creating content that edits this information to mislead people only add to the hype. News outlets and information platforms are trying to appeal more to our emotions and inclinations, rather than present the objective truth, yet people are quick to believe this misleading data. We tell ourselves we are immune to such fake news. But are we? 

 

 This book explains that humans are inherently gullible and have the tendency to trust fake news. Humans are born with cognitive bias, which operates on an unconscious level. Couple that with various emotional and motivational factors, and humans will find it very difficult to become aware of this bias, much less correct it. This empirical approach allows for a broader analysis and response over simply brushing aside believers of fake news as "ignorant people who are deceived by lies." In fact, this approach goes beyond simply reiterating the importance of media literacy education and fact-checking. It clearly analyzes which areas of human cognition make it so susceptible to fake news, and this kind of analysis will enable us to identify the kinds of rational and critical thinking skills we need to develop. Would you rather not succumb to fake news yourself? Then educate yourself on the scientific facts that tell us why humans are inherently so susceptible to fake news in the first place.

About the Author

Park Joonsuk



The author received his bachelor's and master's degrees in psychology from Seoul National University and studied quantitative psychology & statistics at Ohio State University in the US, receiving a doctorate and a master's degree for each field. He runs the Facebook site "Ohio Fisherman" (@buckeyestatfisher), where he shares information on statistics, scientific research methodology, and data science. Currently he works as a data scientist in the Silicon Valley where he writes essays on psychology, statistics, and data science in his spare time.

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