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 N.
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * From the author of Sapiens comes the groundbreaking story of how information networks have made, and unmade, our world. "Striking original . . . A historian whose arguments operate on the scale of millennia has managed to capture the...
The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe : How to Know What's Really Real in a World Increasingly Full of Fake
Novella, Steven.
Paper Book
An all-encompassing guide to skeptical thinking from podcast host and academic neurologist at Yale University School of Medicine Steven Novella and his SGU co-hosts, which Richard Wiseman calls "the perfect primer for anyone who wants to separate fact from fiction." It is...
The death of truth : how social media and the internet gave snake oil salesmen and demagogues the weapons they needed to destroy trust and polarize the world - and what we can do about it
Brill, Steven
Paper Book
How did we become a world where facts-shared truths-have lost their power to hold us together as a community, as a country, globally? How have we allowed the proliferation of alternative facts, hoaxes, even conspiracy theories, to destroy our trust in institutions, leaders, and legitimate experts...
Misbelief : what makes rational people believe irrational things
Ariely, Dan
Ebook
"In this thoughtful, moving, and well-written book, Dan Ariely narrates his personal and professional journey to understand the world of misbelievers and conspiracy theories, and offers insights and tips that will hopefully help all of us protect our fragile social fabric from being torn apart by...
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...
The misinformation age : how false beliefs spread
O'Connor, Cailin
Paper Book
The social dynamics of "alternative facts": why what you believe depends on who you know "Empowering and thoroughly researched, this book offers useful contemporary analysis and possible solutions to one of the greatest threats to democracy."--Kirkus Reviews...
The encyclopedia of misinformation : a compendium of imitations, spoofs, delusions, simulations, counterfeits, impostors, illusions, confabulations, skullduggery, frauds, pseudoscience, propaganda, hoaxes, flimflam, pranks, hornswoggle, conspiracies & mis
Sorgatz, Rex
Ebook
"In an era of 'alternative facts,' Rex Sorgatz's The Encyclopedia of Misinformation helps put things in perspective." --Fast CompanyThis compendium of misinformation, deception, and self-delusion throughout history examines fakery in the context of science and...
The encyclopedia of misinformation : a compendium of imitations, spoofs, delusions, simulations, counterfeits, impostors, illusions, confabulations, skullduggery, frauds, pseudoscience, propaganda, hoaxes, flimflam, pranks, hornswoggle, conspiracies & mis
Sorgatz, Rex
Ebook
"In an era of 'alternative facts,' Rex Sorgatz's The Encyclopedia of Misinformation helps put things in perspective." --Fast CompanyThis compendium of misinformation, deception, and self-delusion throughout history examines fakery in the context of science and...
The stickler's guide to science in the age of misinformation : the real science behind hacky headlines, crappy clickbait, and suspect sources
Bouchard, R. Philip
Paper Book
The perfect remedy for our culture of fake news, bad science, and propaganda. We have more scientific information at our fingertips today than ever before. And more disinformation too. Online, on television, and in print, science is often communicated through shorthand analogies and phrases that...
The Chaos Machine : The Inside Story of How Social Media Rewired Our Minds and Our World
Fisher, Max.
Paper Book
Finalist for the Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism From a New York Times investigative reporter, this "authoritative and devastating account of the impacts of social media" (New York Times Book Review)  <...
The Age of Magical Overthinking : Notes on Modern Irrationality
Montell, Amanda.
Paper Book
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A BookPage Best Nonfiction Book of 2024 From the bestselling author of Cultish and host of the podcast Sounds Like a Cult, a delicious blend of cultural criticism and personal narrative that explores...
Is that a fact? : frauds, quacks, and the real science of everyday life
Schwarcz, Joe
Ebook
Eat this and live to be a hundred. Don't, and you'll die next month. Today, hyperbole dominates the media, which makes separating science from fiction an arduous task when deciding what to eat, what chemicals to avoid and what's best for the environment. In Is That a Fact?, bestselling author Dr Joe...
Everydata : the misinformation hidden in the little data you consume every day
Johnson, John H.
Audiobook
While everyone is talking about "big data," the truth is that understanding the "little data"-the stats that underlie newspaper headlines, stock reports, weather forecasts, and so on-is what helps you make smarter decisions at work, at home, and in every aspect of your life. The average person...
Foolproof : why misinformation infects our minds and how to build immunity
Van der Linden, Sander
Paper Book
From fake news to conspiracy theories, from inflammatory memes to misleading headlines, misinformation has swiftly become the defining problem of our era. The crisis threatens the integrity of our democracies, our ability to cultivate trusting relationships, even our physical and psychological well...
Revenge of the tipping point : overstories, superspreaders, and the rise of social engineering
Gladwell, Malcolm
Paper Book
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Most Anticipated in: AARP | Associated Press | Time Magazine | Oprah Daily | Chicago Tribune | Literary Hub | Publishers Weekly | Publishers Lunch<...

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