LEADER 02919nam 2200541 450 001 9910811720103321 005 20230116115830.0 010 $a0-300-24100-3 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300241006 035 $a(CKB)4100000007178982 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5607600 035 $a(DE-B1597)515990 035 $a(OCoLC)1076877441 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300241006 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7025255 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7025255 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000007178982 100 $a20230116d2019 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe misinformation age $ehow false beliefs spread /$fCailin O'Connor and James Owen Weatherall 210 1$aNew Haven ;$aLondon :$cYale University Press,$d[2019] 210 4$dİ2019 215 $a1 online resource (279 pages) 311 $a0-300-23401-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aFrontmatter -- Contents -- Note to Reader -- Introduction. The Vegetable Lamb of Tartary -- ONE. What Is Truth? -- TWO. Polarization and Conformity -- THREE. The Evangelization of Peoples -- FOUR. The Social Network -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index 330 $aThe social dynamics of "alternative facts": why what you believe depends on who you know Why should we care about having true beliefs? And why do demonstrably false beliefs persist and spread despite consequences for the people who hold them? Philosophers of science Cailin O'Connor and James Weatherall argue that social factors, rather than individual psychology, are what's essential to understanding the spread and persistence of false belief. It might seem that there's an obvious reason that true beliefs matter: false beliefs will hurt you. But if that's right, then why is it (apparently) irrelevant to many people whether they believe true things or not?   In an age riven by "fake news," "alternative facts," and disputes over the validity of everything from climate change to the size of inauguration crowds, the authors argue that social factors, not individual psychology, are what's essential to understanding the persistence of false belief and that we must know how those social forces work in order to fight misinformation effectively. 606 $aErrors$xSocial aspects 606 $aErrors$xPsychological aspects 606 $aCognitive psychology 615 0$aErrors$xSocial aspects. 615 0$aErrors$xPsychological aspects. 615 0$aCognitive psychology. 676 $a153.74 686 $aLC 13000$qSEPA$2rvk 700 $aO'Connor$b Cailin$0787210 702 $aWeatherall$b James Owen 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910811720103321 996 $aThe misinformation age$94042937 997 $aUNINA