Sandra Fluke: Pre-bunking is a good first line of defense against misinformation. She says it can help people spot the techniques of manipulation in advance. Fluke: We need to replicate that on an actual social media platform, but that requires long-term cooperation and negotiations with social media companies.
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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