Description
| Product ID: | 9780008466756 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Foolproof |
| Subtitle: | Why We Fall for Misinformation and How to Build Immunity |
| Authors: | Author: Sander van der Linden |
| Page Count: | 336 |
| Subjects: | Cognition and cognitive psychology, Cognition & cognitive psychology, Popular and recreational mathematics, Popular mathematics |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Winner of British Psychological Society Best Book Prize (Popular Science) 2023Nature’s Top 10 Books of 2023A Financial Times Book of the Year 2023A Waterstones Book of the Year for Politics 2023 Winner of British Psychological Society Best Book Prize (Popular Science) 2023Nature’s Top 10 Books of 2023A Financial Times Book of the Year 2023A Waterstones Book of the Year for Politics 2023Fake 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. |
| Imprint Name: | Fourth Estate Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2024-02-15 |
