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SUMMARY:Inoculating Against Misinformation:  On the Motivated Cognition of
  Facts and Expertise - Dr. Sander van der Linden\, Department of Psycholog
 y\, University of Cambridge\, UK.
DTSTART:20180119T163000Z
DTEND:20180119T180000Z
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CONTACT:Tristan Bekinschtein
DESCRIPTION:Are we living in a post-truth society? What is the current sta
 tus of “facts” and “expertise”? In this talk\, I will discuss rece
 nt psychological theorizing around fake news\, attitude polarization\, mot
 ivated cognition\, and misinformation. I’ll start by presenting a series
  of experimental studies examining the crucial role of expert consensus in
  how people form judgments about contested societal issues across the ideo
 logical spectrum. I will illustrate that such perceptual judgments are eas
 ily distorted by misinformation\, which can spread much like a viral conta
 gion. By combining data from the lab and the field\, I’ll then show that
  it is possible to cognitively inoculate (“vaccinate”) people against 
 sticky misinformation. I’ll end the talk with an educational game we dev
 eloped to help citizens recognize and resist unwanted attempts to influenc
 e and mislead. \n\nShort bio:\nDr. Sander van der Linden is a University L
 ecturer in the Department of Psychology at the University of Cambridge\, w
 here he Directs the Cambridge Social Decision-Making Laboratory. He is als
 o a Fellow and Director of Studies in Psychology at Churchill College and 
 affiliated with the Winton Centre for Risk and Evidence Communication. Pri
 or to Cambridge\, he held positions at Princeton and Yale University. He h
 as won numerous awards for his research on social influence\, judgment\, a
 nd decision-making from organizations such as the American Psychological A
 ssociation (APA)\, the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issue
 s (SPSSI) and the International Association of Applied Psychology (IAAP). 
 In 2017\, he received the Frank Prize for Research in the Public Interest 
 and was named a “Rising Star” by the Association for Psychological Sci
 ence (APS). \n\n_Also see https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/100237_
LOCATION:Zangwill Lecture Theatre\, Department of Psychology\, Downing Sit
 e\, Cambridge CB2 3EB
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