#13: Fake News with Gordon Pennycook

Dr. Gordon Pennycook studies why people share misinformation. His research has used many techniques to understand people’s ability to judge the accuracy of information, their willingness to share that information, and what we can do to encourage people to only spread true information. Some of the things that come up in this episode:There’s lots of coronavirus misinformation out thereSeeing fake news repeatedly makes it feel more true (Pennycook, Cannon, & Rand, 2018)Believing fake ne...