College of Social Sciences and International Studies
Misinformation, Misperceptions and Conspiracy Theories
Module POL3267 for 2021/2
Module POL3267 for 2021/2
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
POL3267: Misinformation, Misperceptions and Conspiracy Theories
This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 academic year.
Indicative Reading List
This reading list is indicative - i.e. it provides an idea of texts that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not considered to be a confirmed or compulsory reading list for this module.
- Douglas, K. M., Uscinski, J. E., Sutton, R. M., Cichocka, A., Nefes, T., Ang, C. S., & Deravi, F. (2019). Understanding conspiracy theories. Political Psychology, 40, 3-35.
- Flynn, D., B. Nyhan and J. Reifler (2017). The nature and origins of misperceptions: understanding false and unsupported beliefs about politics. Political Psychology38 (S1): 127–150.
- Guess, Andrew M., Michael Lerner, Benjamin Lyons, Jacob M. Montgomery, Brendan Nyhan, Jason Reifler, and Neelanjan Sircar. (2020) A digital media literacy intervention increases discernment between mainstream and false news in the United States and India. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences117, no. 27: 15536-15545.
- Guess, Andrew, Jonathan Nagler, and Joshua Tucker. Less than you think: Prevalence and predictors of fake news dissemination on Facebook. Science advances5, no. 1 (2019): eaau4586.
- Jerit, Jennifer, and Yangzi Zhao. "Political misinformation." Annual Review of Political Science23 (2020): 77-94.
- Uscinski, J.E., 2018. Conspiracy theories and the people who believe them. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
