Interested in how psychology helps inform how we find, evaluate, and use evidence? I’ve got a new piece out at the British Psychological Society’s magazine site The Psychologist on ‘[Epistemic cognition: a lens onto fake news]1‘. The piece is freely available and discusses some of the research into how people search for information, and evaluate – sometimes competing – claims. The piece ends with some implications for teaching and learning contexts – how we support our students to critically engage with the information they encounter. Many thanks to the various people who read (edited/critiqued/despaired at) earlier versions of this!
Knight, S. (2017, June). A lens onto fake news. Retrieved May 15, 2017, from https://thepsychologist.bps.org.uk/lens-fake-news