Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction 1
5. 1 The Scope and Consequences of Misinformation 11
6. 2 How Our Identities Make Us Vulnerable to Misinformation 29
7. 3 Political Identities, the Response to COVID-19, and How to Have Productive Conversations 61
8. 4 How Social Networks and Social Media Spread Misinformation 94
9. 5 The Spread of Vaccine Misinformation and How We Can Rebuild Trust in Institutions 141
10. 6 How Education, Media Literacy, and Prebunking Can Combat Misinformation 183
11. 7 The Future of Misinformation 219
12. Notes 231
13. References 297
14. Index 357