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Interview: David Rand Examines the Psychology of Fake News

Thinkers50 Radar 2023 LinkedIn Live Interview

MIT IDE Research lead David Rand was featured on a webcast hosted by Thinkers50 on May 17. The interview examined misinformation and how “us and them thinking” in a world of viral social media has changed the concepts of trust and altruism.

Bridging the fields of cognitive science, behavioral economics, and social psychology, Rand’s research combines behavioral experiments run online and in the field with mathematical and computational models to understand people’s attitudes, beliefs, and choices. Rand’s work focuses on illuminating why people believe and share misinformation and ‘fake news,’ understanding political psychology and polarization, and promoting human cooperation.

WATCH the broadcast here

David Rand
David Rand is the Erwin H. Schell Professor and Professor of Management Science and Brain and Cognitive Sciences at MIT, an affiliate of the MIT Institute of Data, Systems, and Society, and the director of the Human Cooperation Laboratory and the Applied Cooperation Team. Bridging the fields of cognitive science, behavioral economics, and social psychology, […]