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Psychology of Fake News (Why It Works)

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How are people so vulnerable to fake news?

Analysing How People Orient to and Spread Rumours in Social Media by Looking at Conversational Threads
Zubiaga A, Liakata M, Procter R, Wong Sak Hoi G, Tolmie P (2016) Analysing How People Orient to and Spread Rumours in Social Media by Looking at Conversational Threads. PLOS ONE 11(3): e0150989.
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Rumors and Factitious Informational Blends: The Role of the Web in Speculative Politics
Rojecki, Andrew and Sharon Meraz. "Rumors and Factitious Informational Blends: The Role of the Web in Speculative Politics." New Media & Society, vol. 18, no. 1, Jan. 2016, pp. 25-43. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1177/1461444814535724.
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Displacing Misinformation About Events: An Experimental Test of Causal Corrections
Nyhan, B., & Reifler, J. (2015). Displacing misinformation about events: An experimental test of causal corrections. Journal of Experimental Political Science, 2(1), 81-93. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/XPS.2014.22
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Rumors and Health Care Reform: Experiments in Political Misinformation
Berinsky, Adam J. “Rumors and Health Care Reform: Experiments in Political Misinformation.” British Journal of Political Science, vol. 47, no. 2, 2017, pp. 241–262., doi:10.1017/S0007123415000186.
Emotions, Partisanship, and Misperceptions: How Anger and Anxiety Moderate the Effect of Partisan Bias on Susceptibility to Political Misinformation
Weeks, B. E. (2015), Emotions, Partisanship, and Misperceptions: How Anger and Anxiety Moderate the Effect of Partisan Bias on Susceptibility to Political Misinformation. J Commun, 65: 699–719. doi:10.1111/jcom.12164
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Hacking the Attention Economy
Data & Society: Points By Dana Boyd
How Fake News Breaks Your Brain
by Ben Panko
Trump’s Lies vs. Your Brain
Konnikova, Maria. "Trump’s Lies vs. Your Brain." Politico Magazine (online). Jan/Feb 2017.

ENGL 1102 English Composition II - Honors (Goodling): Psychology of Fake News

Psychology of Fake News (Why It Works)