For those who are interested, I'm doing another interview about the misperceptions research I've conducted with Jason Reifler. This one is with NPR's Tell Me More with Michel Martin and will be taped live at 9 AM EST. Check your local listings for when it airs in your area. Alternatively, archived audio should be online tomorrow afternoon at the Tell Me More website.
Update 9/19 10:04 PM: Here's the interview page which has a link to the audio clip.
He's the biggest celebrity in the world . . . but is he ready to lead?
Posted by: Rob | September 18, 2008 at 09:46 PM
Sure - he can see downtown Raleigh from his off campus housing!!
Posted by: Howard Craft | September 18, 2008 at 10:56 PM
Interesting comment on the backfure effect from super legal analyst Stuart Taylor:
Consider also a fascinating Washington Post piece by Shankar Vedantam on September 15. He cites studies showing not only that "misinformation can exercise a ghostly influence on people's minds [even] after it has been debunked"--especially among those predisposed to believe it--but also that refutations sometimes backfire by increasing the number of people who believe the original misinformation.
The studies found this refutation "backfire effect" among conservatives but not liberals. Part of the explanation may be that conservatives have more- rigid views than liberals, as political scientists quoted by Vedantam suggest. And part of it may be that conservatives have more reason to distrust the usual refuters.
Posted by: David | September 19, 2008 at 10:33 AM