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Story Time: Why People Are Persuaded by Fake News

Steven Caldwell Brown

Research output: Digital or non-textual outputsBlog Post

Abstract

I heard a story about how not everything on the Internet is 100% accurate. You may have heard this story. But have you heard the one about the psychological reasons for why people tend to be swayed by incorrect or misleading information on the Internet?
Original languageEnglish
Place of PublicationSussex
PublisherPsychology Today
Publication statusPublished - 1 May 2017

Keywords

  • fake news
  • misleading information
  • decision making

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