Misinformation

Books exploring Misinformation and related topics

Updated January 21, 2025
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Nexus: ; a brief history of information networks from the stone age to ai
Harari, yuval Noah.
Paper Book
From renowned historian and #1 Sunday Times bestselling author Yuval Noah Harari comes the story of how information networks have made, and unmade, our world For the last 100,000 years, we Sapiens have accumulated enormous power. But despite all our discoveries,...
Misbelief : what makes rational people believe irrational things
Ariely, Dan
Paper Book
The renowned social scientist, professor, and bestselling author of Predictably Irrational delivers his most urgent and compelling book: an eye-opening exploration of the human side of the misinformation crisis, examining what drives otherwise rational people to adopt deeply irrational...
All in her head : the truth and lies early medicine taught us about women's bodies and why it matters today
Comen, Elizabeth
Paper Book
USA Today Bestseller A surprising, groundbreaking, and fiercely entertaining medical history that is both a collective narrative of women's bodies and a call to action for a new conversation around women's health. For as long as medicine has been a practice, women's bodies have been...
Verified : how to think straight, get duped less, and make better decisions about what to believe online
Caulfield, Mike
Paper Book
An indispensable guide for telling fact from fiction on the internet--often in less than 30 seconds. The internet brings information to our fingertips almost instantly. The result is that we often jump to thinking too fast, without taking a few moments to verify the source...
True or false : a CIA analyst's guide to spotting fake news
Otis, Cindy L.
Paper Book
"Fake news" is a term you've probably heard a lot in the last few years, but it's not a new phenomenon. From the ancient Egyptians to the French Revolution to Jack the Ripper and the founding fathers, fake news has been around as long as human civilization. But that doesn't mean that we should just...
The chaos machine : the inside story of how social media rewired our minds and our world
Fisher, Max.
Paper Book
The Chaos Machine is an essential book for our times - Ezra KleinThe Chaos Machine is the story of how the world was driven mad by social media. The election of populists like Trump and Bolsonaro; strife and genocide in countries like Myanmar; the rampant spread of COVID-19 conspiracy...
The age of magical overthinking : notes on modern irrationality
Montell, Amanda
Paper Book
In the modern information age, our brain's coping mechanisms have been overloaded, and our irrationality turned up to eleven. Amanda Montell blends cultural criticism and personal narrative to explore our modern cognitive biases and the power, disadvantages and highlights of magical overthinking.
Calling bullshit : the art of scepticism in a data-driven world
Bergstrom, Carl T.
Paper Book
The world is awash in bullshit, and we're drowning in it. Politicians are unconstrained by facts. Science is conducted by press release. Start-up culture elevates hype to high art. These days, calling bullshit is a noble act. Calling Bullshit gives us the tools to see through the...
Foolproof : why we fall for misinformation and how to build immunity
Van der Linden, Sander
Paper Book
Winner of British Psychological Society Best Book Prize (Popular Science) 2023Nature's Top 10 Books of 2023A Financial Times Book of the Year 2023?A Waterstones Book of the Year for Politics 2023 Fake news. Alternative facts. Conspiracy theories. Misinformation is one of the defining...
Revenge of the tipping point: ; overstories, superspreaders and the rise of social engineering
Gladwell, Malcolm.
Paper Book

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