“Demagoguery, Technology, and Cognition” | Prof. Stephan Lewandowsky |  #Webimmunization project
Channel: Webimmunization project
Date: 2023-03-06

In the framework of the online seminar organized by the #Webimmunization research project's team, Prof. Stephan Lewandowsky (University of Bristol) talked about “Demagoguery, Technology, and Cognition: Addressing the Threats to Democracy”.

Chapters:

0:00 Introduction
3:22 Democracy in Retreat– Key Players 
6:30 Relationship between demagogues & social media / Donald Trump &  Misinformation
27:56 Relationship between demagogues & human cognition
39:15 Relationship between social media & human cognition 
55:53 How do we defang the demagogues?
1:07:44 Conclusion: threats & opportunities (1 hr 07m 44s)
1:08:59 Q&A (1hr 08m 59s)

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