The Misinformation Age: How False Beliefs Spread by James Owen Weatherall, Cailin O'Connor

The Misinformation Age: How False Beliefs Spread

James Owen Weatherall, Cailin O'Connor

280 pages first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy psychology science challenging informative medium-paced

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The social dynamics of "alternative facts" why what you believe depends on who you know "Empowering and thoroughly researched, this book offers useful contemporary analysis and possible solutions to one of the greatest threats to democracy."--Kirk...

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