Sander van der Linden is a psychologist from the University of Cambridge. His new book focuses on misinformation, particularly falsehoods that we come across online. Misinformation can often be a simple mistake, but it can also be produced and posted with nefarious intent to deliberately deceive someone. Sander and I talked about how misinformation messages are crafted,. why they can be hard to shake once we're exposed to them, and how Star Wars Episode 3 helped in a fight against them.
In the latest episode of Nature hits the books, psychologist Sander van der Linden joins us to discuss his new book Foolproof, which focuses on misinformation and what can be done to prevent people being duped, particularly by the falsehoods found online.
We discuss how misinformation messages are crafted, why they can be hard to shake once someone is exposed, and how Star Wars: Episode 3 helped in the fight against them…
Foolproof, Sander van der Linden, Fourth Estate (2023)
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