Week 3. The natural ecology of bullshit. Where do we find bullshit? Why news media provide bullshit. TED talks and the marketplace for upscale bullshit. Why social media provide ideal conditions for the growth and spread of bullshit.
- Gordon Pennycook et al. (2015) On the reception and detection of pseudo-profound bullshit. Judgement and Decision Making 10:549-563
- Adrien Friggeri et al. (2014). Rumor Cascades. Proceedings of the Eighth International AAAI Conference on Weblogs and Social Media
