{"product_id":"9781324074700","title":"Foolproof: Why Misinformation Infects Our Minds and How to Build Immunity","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the SPSP Book Prize for the Promotion of Social and Personality Science\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWinner of the 2024 APA William James Book Award\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWinner of the 2024 Harvard Goldsmith Book Prize\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWinner of the 2024 Nautilus Book Award\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA Next Big Idea Club Must-Read * A \u003cem\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/em\u003e Best Book of the Year * One of \u003cem\u003eNature\u003c\/em\u003e's Best Science picks * A \u003cem\u003eBehavioral Scientist\u003c\/em\u003e Notable Book of 2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA Stanford Business School Favorite Read\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInformed by decades of research and on-the-ground experience advising governments and tech companies, \u003cem\u003eFoolproof\u003c\/em\u003e is the definitive guide to navigating the misinformation age.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom 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-being-yet most attempts to combat it have proven insufficient. In \u003cem\u003eFoolproof\u003c\/em\u003e, one of the world's leading experts on misinformation lays out a crucial new paradigm for understanding and defending ourselves against the worldwide infodemic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith remarkable clarity, Sander van der Linden explains why our brains are so vulnerable to misinformation, how it spreads across social networks, and what we can do to protect ourselves and others. Like a virus, misinformation infects our minds, exploiting shortcuts in how we see and process information to alter our beliefs, modify our memories, and replicate at astonishing rates. Once the virus takes hold, it's very hard to cure. Strategies like fact-checking and debunking can leave a falsehood still festering or, at worst, even strengthen its hold.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut we aren't helpless. As van der Linden shows based on award-winning original research, we can cultivate immunity through the innovative science of \"prebunking\": inoculating people against false information by preemptively exposing them to a weakened dose, thus empowering them to identify and fend off its manipulative tactics. Deconstructing the characteristic techniques of conspiracies and misinformation, van der Linden gives readers practical tools to defend themselves and others against nefarious persuasion-whether at scale or around their own dinner table.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Norton, W. W. \u0026 Company, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42370798157885,"sku":"9781324074700","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/0838\/9949\/files\/9781324074700_p0.jpg?v=1771568115","url":"https:\/\/www.tatteredcover.mom\/products\/9781324074700","provider":"Tattered Cover","version":"1.0","type":"link"}