TY  - GEN
TY  - GEN
T1  - The misinformation age : how false beliefs spread
A1  - O'Connor, Cailin, kirjoittaja
A1  - Weatherall, James Owen, kirjoittaja
LA  - eng
PP  - New Haven
PB  - Yale University Press
YR  - 2019
UL  - https://kansalliskirjasto.finna.fi/Record/fikka.5419214
AB  - 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.--
SN  - 978-0-300-23401-5 sidottu
SN  - 978-0-300-25185-2 nidottu
KW  - Errors : Social aspects.
KW  - Errors : Psychological aspects
KW  - Truthfulness and falsehood : Social aspects.
KW  - Truthfulness and falsehood : Psychological aspects.
KW  - Fake news.
KW  - Information behavior.
KW  - Social control.
KW  - valeuutiset
KW  - erehdys
KW  - erehtyminen
KW  - psykologia
KW  - sosiologia
KW  - totuudellisuus
KW  - harhat
KW  - uskomukset
KW  - sosiaalinen ympäristö
KW  - informaatio
KW  - tieto
KW  - oikeellisuus
KW  - sosiaalinen kontrolli
KW  - sopeutuminen
KW  - polarisaatio (yhteiskuntatieteet)
KW  - vaikuttaminen
KW  - falska nyheter
KW  - missuppfattningar
KW  - psykologi
KW  - sociologi
KW  - propaganda
KW  - trosföreställningar
KW  - social miljö
KW  - information
KW  - kunskap
KW  - riktighet
KW  - social kontroll
KW  - anpassning
KW  - påverkan
ER  -