POPULAR PRESS ARTICLES

Pennycook, G. & Rand, D. G. (2019). Why Do People Fall for Fake News? The New York Times. Link

Barr, N. & Pennycook, G. (2018). The most dangerous and misunderstood threat to humanity is the human mind. Quartz. Link [Note: We did not choose this title.]

Cheyne, J.A. & Pennycook, G. (2016). The seductions of pretentious bullshit: An empirical study. Skeptic Magazine, 21, 40-45. PDF

Pennycook, G. (2016). Why bullshit is no laughing matter. Aeon Digital Magazine. Link

RECENT COVERAGE (2018/2019)

The Atlantic: Why It’s Okay to Call It ‘Fake News’

Bloomberg: Smart People May Be More Likely to Fall for Fake News (or Not)

Bloomberg: Think You’re Smart About Politics? You Might Be Libertarian

Boston Herald: MIT scientist charts fake news reach

CBC: ‘It’s more about laziness’: U of R Prof talks fake news and why some fall for it

Irish Times: Why producing bulls**t requires few convictions

New Scientist: Lazy thinking – not bias – is the real reason we believe fake news

New Statesman: Why the invention of the fridge could be responsible for our love of fake news

Newsy: Expert Says Trump’s ‘Fake News Awards’ Perpetuate Misinformation

NPR: The Psychology Of Fake News

OZY: Think you’re immune to BS? Nope, we all fall for the pseudo-profound

The Outline: The problem isn’t whether people can identify fake news

Pacific Standard: The Least Analytical 2016 Voters: Democrats Who Supported Trump

Pacific Standard: Fundamentalists are more likely to believe fake news

PBS: How bots turned this State of the Union moment into a viral meme

Politico: GOP voters trust CNN, NY Times over Breitbart, InfoWars

Scientific American: How Fake News Will Get Worse

The Smithsonian Magazine: Study Looks at Why We All Spew So Much BS

Slate: A Surprising New Study Says Facebook’s Ridiculed Plan to Rate the Media Could Actually Work

Slate: Facebook’s Revamp Includes an Effort to Fight Fake News

Time: How Your Brain Tricks You Into Believing Fake News

Vox: What constant smartphone photography is doing to our memories

Wall Street Journal: Fine-Tune Your B.S. Detector: You’ll Need It

Wired: Don’t want to fall for fake news? Don’t be lazy

World Economic Forum: Could this be the solution to stop the spread of fake news?

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