Anti/Vax: Reframing the Vaccination Controversy
This review of Bernice L. Hausman’s book, examines the anti-vaccine controversy by exploring the various epistemological, social, and cultural factors that influence vaccine skepticism. It argues that understanding these complexities is essential…
State of the anti-vax union
This report highlights the risks of vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks in U.S. regions with prevalent nonmedical vaccine exemptions despite stable national immunization rates.
Fake news, propaganda, and plain old lies: how to find trustworthy information in the digital age .
A concise guide on identifying deceptive information amidst the array of media sources provides tools to distinguish reliable sources, interpret statistics accurately, and recognize logical fallacies to make informed decisions in various…
Network propaganda: Manipulation, disinformation, and radicalization in American politics.
This book investigates the polarized political media landscape in the United States, tracing the roots of the current epistemic crisis in political communication to structural weaknesses during the 2016 U.S. presidential election…
The politics of misinformation
The book investigates how concentrations of social and economic power shape image-based, vague, and misleading public discourses, leading to the formulation of public problems and ineffective policy solutions.
Fake News Nation: The Long History of Lies and Misinterpretations in America .
The pervasive presence of falsehoods and misinformation in American public life is investigated. Particularly in politics, public discourse, and business activities, tracing this tradition of “fake facts” throughout American history and examining…
Navigating Fake News, Alternative Facts, and Misinformation in a Post-truth World .
The book is a compendium of pioneering research on human and machine-driven methods to prevent the proliferation of misinformation on the internet, including legal or policy adjustments, educational workshops, and algorithms that…
The Social Psychology of Gullibility: Conspiracy Theories, Fake News and Irrational Beliefs. Routledge.
The book explores the social and cognitive psychology behind human judgments and decisions, and highlights topics such as conspiracy theories, political gullibility, and the influence of the internet on human credulity.
On bullshit
This small book examines the nature of bullshit, distinguishing it from lying and arguing that bullshitters seek to convey a certain impression of themselves without concern for truth, ultimately undermining the capacity…
A survival guide to the misinformation age: Scientific habits of mind
This survival guide provides a comprehensive set of apps for the prefrontal cortex, making science accessible and enjoyable by demystifying numbers, graphs, and probability concepts while emphasizing the importance of precise language…
