On Rumors: How Falsehoods Spread, Why We Believe Them, What Can Be Done

by Cass R. Sunstein

Book Overview

Many of us are being misled. Claiming to know the "pals" of presidential aspirants, dark secrets about public officials, and hidden causes of the current economic crisis, those who spread rumors know precisely what they are doing. They are sometimes able to derail political candidates, injure companies and reputations, even damage democratic governance. And in the era of the Internet, they know more about manipulating the mechanics of false rumors-social...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809094738
• ISBN13: 9780809094738
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
• Length: 100 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.3" x 7.6"