Garrett and James N. Danziger, a professor at the University of California, Irvine, commissioned a representative national telephone survey of 600 Americans to learn continued…
Category Archives: Rumors
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Exploring the Psychology of Rumors
How powerful is the rumor mill and why are rumors so easy to believe yet so difficult to quash? We’ll talk this hour with Psychologist Nicholas DiFonzo, whose new book is “The Watercooler Effect: A Psychologist Explores the Extraordinary Power of Rumors” (Avery,2008). Download MP3 File
Professor Nick on Dr. Drew Live
Nicholas DiFonzo joins Dr. Drew to talk about his book “The Watercooler Effect” and how rumors are a fundamental phenomenon of social beings… listen…
Rumour Mill in Overdrive before US Election
Professor Nicholas DiFonzo, the author of “Water Cooler Effect” has his own explanation on why rumours are so popular with the American electorate at the moment… continued…
Time.com Q&A on Rumor
Here is a Time.com Q&A article I wrote this week covering a variety of rumor topics.
Shelf Awareness
Here’s a review of The Watercooler Effect from Shelf Awareness
Political Rumors in the US Presidential Election
This week I posted three blogs on the Penguin site on the topic of Political Rumors in the US Presidential Election. Please check them out.
Interview on the Exchange
Wednesday, 9/17/08. John Pemble hosts The Exchange. His guest is author Nicholas DiFonzo, author of the book, The Watercooler Effect. They discuss how rumors occur, why people believe them, and the big effects that rumors can have on society.
2008 Election Rumors | NY Post Article
Read my brief analysis of the 2008 Election rumors in this NY Post article (Sunday September 14, 2008).
Death by Cliff Plunge, With a Push From Twitter
Nicholas DiFonzo, a professor at the Rochester Institute of Technology who studies the psychology of rumors, said that the mass confusion over Mr. Jackson’s sudden death probably left people craving… continued…