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 behaviors? 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.
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Reviews of Misguided:
“In this timely and important book, Facciani takes the reader on a fascinating journey into the world of dangerous misinformation and how to best counter it at-scale. If you want to help fight misinformation, read this book!” -Sander van der Linden, author of Foolproof: Why Misinformation Infects Our Minds and How to Build Immunity
“Facciani approaches the misinformation problem from a fresh perspective as a social scientist, explaining how our social networks and our political identities work against us to blind us to false claims. Showing how to combat misinformation through education and media literacy, he paves a path toward building resilience to one of society’s most urgent threats.” -Barbara McQuade, author of Attack from Within: How Disinformation is Sabotaging America
“An essential guide to understanding the bewildering origins of misinformation—including pseudoscience about vaccines—with helpful tools for combating the viral spread of lies.” –Seema Yasmin, author of What the Fact?! Finding the Truth in All the Noise
“Why are we so prone to believing misinformation? Matthew Facciani’s Misguided explains how our identities, networks, and biases shape what we accept as truth, and gives us strategies to stay sharp in an age of misinformation.” – Jay Van Bavel, author of The Power of Us: Harnessing Our Shared Identities to Improve Performance, Increase Cooperation, and Promote Social Harmony
Matthew Facciani
Matthew Facciani is a researcher at The University of Notre Dame in the Computer Science and Engineering Department. He is an interdisciplinary social scientist with a background in neuroscience and psychology and holds a PhD in sociology. His research focuses on media literacy, misinformation, social networks, political polarization, identities, and artificial intelligence. Beyond academia, Matthew is a passionate science communicator, dedicated to making complex social science research accessible to the public. He has written for various media outlets, spoken at national conferences, and hosts Misguided: The Podcast, where he explores how social and psychological forces shape the way we process and consume information. His new book, Misguided: Where Misinformation Starts, How It Spreads, and What to Do About It, was recently published by Columbia University Press. Through his research and public engagement, Matthew strives to bridge the gap between academia and everyday conversations about truth, trust, and media literacy.
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