Uploaded February 2018 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
What’s the harm in a little white lie? Well, if you tell enough of them, you may be able to steer an electorate.
-Links for the Curious-
“Cognitive Ability and Vulnerability to Fake News” by David Z. Hambrick, Madeline Marquardt - scientificamerican.com/article/cognitive-ability-and-vulnerability-to-fake-news
‘Fake news’: Incorrect, but hard to correct. The role of cognitive ability on the impact of false information on social impressions (Keersmaecker & Roets, 2017) -
sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160289617301617
Knowing the Truth is not enough: The Resilience of Discredited Information - citation.allacademic.com/meta/p_mla_apa_research_citation/2/0/4/7/2/p204726_index.html
Beliefs Don’t Always Persevere: How political figures are punished when positive information about them is discredited (Cobb et al, 2008) - http://www.dartmouth.edu/~nyhan/positive-misinformation.pdf
Frequency and the Conference of Referential Validity (Hasher & Goldstein, 1977) - web.archive.org/web/20160515062305/http://www.psych.utoronto.ca/users/hasher/PDF/Frequency%20and%20the%20conference%20Hasher%20et%20al%201977.pdf
“Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion“ by Robert Cialdini - http://elibrary.bsu.az/books_400/N_232.pdf
“Did Russia Affect The 2016 Election? It’s Now Undeniable” by Molly McKew - wired.com/story/did-russia-affect-the-2016-election-its-now-undeniable
From Paul Kennedy, it's possible that the backfire effect isn't as universal as previously believed - poynter.org/news/fact-checking-doesnt-backfire-new-study-suggests
What’s the harm in a little white lie? Well, if you tell enough of them, you may be able to steer an electorate.
-Links for the Curious-
“Cognitive Ability and Vulnerability to Fake News” by David Z. Hambrick, Madeline Marquardt - scientificamerican.com/article/cognitive-ability-and-vulnerability-to-fake-news
‘Fake news’: Incorrect, but hard to correct. The role of cognitive ability on the impact of false information on social impressions (Keersmaecker & Roets, 2017) -
sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160289617301617
Knowing the Truth is not enough: The Resilience of Discredited Information - citation.allacademic.com/meta/p_mla_apa_research_citation/2/0/4/7/2/p204726_index.html
Beliefs Don’t Always Persevere: How political figures are punished when positive information about them is discredited (Cobb et al, 2008) - http://www.dartmouth.edu/~nyhan/positive-misinformation.pdf
Frequency and the Conference of Referential Validity (Hasher & Goldstein, 1977) - web.archive.org/web/20160515062305/http://www.psych.utoronto.ca/users/hasher/PDF/Frequency%20and%20the%20conference%20Hasher%20et%20al%201977.pdf
“Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion“ by Robert Cialdini - http://elibrary.bsu.az/books_400/N_232.pdf
“Did Russia Affect The 2016 Election? It’s Now Undeniable” by Molly McKew - wired.com/story/did-russia-affect-the-2016-election-its-now-undeniable
From Paul Kennedy, it's possible that the backfire effect isn't as universal as previously believed - poynter.org/news/fact-checking-doesnt-backfire-new-study-suggests
