Show notes
What is misinformation? How does it differ from disinformation or just plain ‘ole propaganda? How do we protect ourselves from people with nefarious intentions using all of these things to affect our thoughts, feelings, and behavior? That’s what we discuss in this episode with Matthew Facciani, social scientist and author of Misguided: Where Misinformation Starts, How it Spreads, and What We Can Do About It.
Highlighted moments
A huge chunk of trust is warmth. How do you believe that this person has your best interests in mind? And that component is a huge predictor of whether or not we trust someone.
“whenever we have this motivation to protect those identities and act in ways that are consistent with those meanings sometimes it means rejecting facts and rejecting reality”
“if you have people write about their political identities they become more biased and that's because they're thinking about it more”
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