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Gordon Pennycook
Researcher at University of Regina
Publications - 139
Citations - 17092
Gordon Pennycook is an academic researcher from University of Regina. The author has contributed to research in topics: Misinformation & Cognitive style. The author has an hindex of 45, co-authored 120 publications receiving 10133 citations. Previous affiliations of Gordon Pennycook include University of Waterloo & University of Saskatchewan.
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Using social and behavioural science to support COVID-19 pandemic response.
Jay J. Van Bavel,Katherine Baicker,Paulo S. Boggio,Valerio Capraro,Aleksandra Cichocka,Aleksandra Cichocka,Mina Cikara,Molly J. Crockett,Alia J. Crum,Karen M. Douglas,James N. Druckman,John Drury,Oeindrila Dube,Naomi Ellemers,Eli J. Finkel,James H. Fowler,Michele J. Gelfand,Shihui Han,S. Alexander Haslam,Jolanda Jetten,Shinobu Kitayama,Dean Mobbs,Lucy E. Napper,Dominic J. Packer,Gordon Pennycook,Ellen Peters,Richard E. Petty,David G. Rand,Stephen Reicher,Simone Schnall,Azim F. Shariff,Linda J. Skitka,Sandra Susan Smith,Cass R. Sunstein,Nassim Tabri,Joshua A. Tucker,Sander van der Linden,Paul A. M. Van Lange,Kim A. Weeden,Michael J. A. Wohl,Jamil Zaki,Sean R. Zion,Robb Willer +42 more
TL;DR: Evidence from a selection of research topics relevant to pandemics is discussed, including work on navigating threats, social and cultural influences on behaviour, science communication, moral decision-making, leadership, and stress and coping.
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The science of fake news
David Lazer,Matthew A. Baum,Yochai Benkler,Adam J. Berinsky,Kelly M. Greenhill,Filippo Menczer,Miriam J. Metzger,Brendan Nyhan,Gordon Pennycook,David Rothschild,Michael Schudson,Steven A. Sloman,Cass R. Sunstein,Emily A. Thorson,Duncan J. Watts,Jonathan L. Zittrain +15 more
TL;DR: The rise of fake news highlights the erosion of long-standing institutional bulwarks against misinformation in the internet age as discussed by the authors. But much remains unknown regarding the vulnerabilities of individuals, institutions, and society to manipulations by malicious actors.
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Fighting COVID-19 Misinformation on Social Media: Experimental Evidence for a Scalable Accuracy-Nudge Intervention.
Gordon Pennycook,Jonathon McPhetres,Jonathon McPhetres,Yunhao Zhang,Jackson G. Lu,David G. Rand +5 more
TL;DR: The results, which mirror those found previously for political fake news, suggest that nudging people to think about accuracy is a simple way to improve choices about what to share on social media.
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Lazy, not biased: Susceptibility to partisan fake news is better explained by lack of reasoning than by motivated reasoning.
Gordon Pennycook,David G. Rand +1 more
TL;DR: This article found that cognitive reflection test performance is negatively correlated with perceived accuracy of fake news, and positively correlated with the ability to distinguish fake news from real news, even for headlines that align with individuals' political ideology.
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Lazy, Not Biased: Susceptibility to Partisan Fake News Is Better Explained by Lack of Reasoning Than by Motivated Reasoning
Gordon Pennycook,David G. Rand +1 more
TL;DR: This paper found that cognitive reflection test performance is negatively correlated with perceived accuracy of fake news, and positively correlated with the ability to distinguish fake news from real news, even for headlines that align with individuals' political ideology.