USC Dornsife Mind and Society Center

How to limit the spread of fake news.

Harvard's Nieman Journalism Lab reports on fake news finding, excerpting our recent book. (See first comment for a link to download the book.)

Art Markman reports on nostalgia research done at the Mind & Society Center by David Newman and colleagues.

Thanks to open access funding from the Swiss National Science Foundation the Kindle edition of our Fake News book is now available for free on Amazon

We're excited to announce the publication of a new book -- The Psychology of Fake News. The book is available free of charge at the open access link below, thanks to funding from the Swiss National Science Foundation. It features a broad range of topics related to fake news and the acceptance and correction of misinformation, with chapters from researchers at the Mind & Society Center and colleagues around the world. Open access link: https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9780429295379

Why are people still gathering as COVID cases rise? Check out this NPR podcast featuring Dr Daphna Oyserman on the "difficulty" of staying at home during the COVID-19 outbreak! https://www.kcrw.com//coronavirus-porn-so/social-gathering

An op-ed in The Conversation discussing how attempts to bust covid-19 myths may strengthen false beliefs.