Brian Weeks and I have a chapter in James Katz’s new collection, Social media and journalism’s search for truth. In it we consider how the emotionally evocative nature of social media may be contributing to users’ propensity to hold misperceptions. It’s an impressive collection of essays; just look at the book’s table of contents. If you’re interested, you can see a preview of the chapter here.

Weeks, B., & Garrett, R. K. (2019). The Emotional Characteristics of Social Media and Political Misperceptions. In J. E. Katz (Ed.), Social media and journalism’s search for truth (pp. 236-250). Oxford University Press.