The social science of misinformation, translated into practical skills for navigating today’s information landscape.
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What Cuts Through the Noise: How We Decide What Health Information to Trust
For the past several months I’ve been working with the Edelman Trust Institute and my colleagues at the Yale School of Public Health on a special analysis of their 2026 Trust Barometer. We asked nearly 13,000 people across 13 countries wher...
What Wellness Influencers Don't Want You to Know
A few years ago, Andrea Ellis was a rising wellness influencer. She was a certified integrative health practitioner, made six figures a year from Instagram alone, and had built a community of followers who trusted her the way you’d trust a...
Why People Believe Different Things and How to Talk to Them
Instructor: Matthew Facciani, PhD
Dates: September 20 to November 5, 2026
Format: Weekly video lessons, live Q&A, and community discussion
Welcome to my new course on how to talk to people who believe different things than you d...
The Complete Misguided Audio Edition
All eight episodes of my audiobook are out. Here’s the whole series in one place.
Over the past two months, I’ve released the audio companion to my book Misguided on this newsletter — a summary of each chapter’s research, plus my updated c...
Final Batch of Misguided: The Audio Edition - Chapters 5, 6, and 7
The final three chapters of my audiobook are now out! We cover vaccine misinformation, what it takes to build trust, media literacy, and the impact of AI.
The final batch of Misguided: The Audio Edition is now out for paid subscribers! The...
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