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Foolproof

Why We Fall for Misinformation and How to Build Immunity

by Sander Van Der Linden

Winner of British Psychological Society Best Book Prize (Popular Science) 2023



Nature's Top 10 Books of 2023



A Financial Times Book of the Year 2023



A Waterstones Book of the Year for Politics 2023

Fake news. Alternative facts. Conspiracy theories. Misinformation is one of the defining problems of our age, and despite what we may think, we are all susceptible. So how and why does misinformation spread? And, more importantly, what can we do about it? Sander van der Linden, a Cambridge University professor and leading expert, takes us through the psychology of conspiratorial thinking and equips us with the tools needed to help stop the spread of misinformation once and for all.
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NON FICTION
SOCIETY & CULTURE
SOCIETY, CULTURE & TECHNOLOGY

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Pages:

336

Published:

15 Feb 2024

Format

Paperback

Publisher

HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Imprint

Fourth Estate

ISBN:

9780008466756

Winner of British Psychological Society Best Book Prize (Popular Science) 2023

Nature's Top 10 Books of 2023

A Financial Times Book of the Year 2023

A Waterstones Book of the Year for Politics 2023

Fake news. Alternative facts. Conspiracy theories. Misinformation is one of the defining problems of our age, and despite what we may think, we are all susceptible. So how and why does misinformation spread? And, more importantly, what can we do about it? Sander van der Linden, a Cambridge University professor and leading expert, takes us through the psychology of conspiratorial thinking and equips us with the tools needed to help stop the spread of misinformation once and for all.
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