On Rumours
How Falsehoods Spread, Why We Believe Them, What Can Be Done
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Published:30th Sep '10
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
Sunstein explores the human propensity for gossip and storytelling, and discusses how our fears and hopes can work against common sense. He also investigates the way that the internet can entrench our false beliefs even deeper, and how the wish to conform, our natural biases and even our basic emotions can cause us to fall for untrue accounts.
Makes for some uncomfortable reading * Telegraph *
Gives long shrift to loose talk * The Times Higher Education Supplement *
Thought-provoking ... extremely relevant * Scotsman *
Compelling ... full of insights * Guardian *
More than just a book: it's a manifesto * Prospect *
ISBN: 9780141044293
Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 15mm
Weight: 200g
112 pages