Mistrust / Glynis M. Breakwell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Breakwell, Glynis M. (Glynis Marie), author.

Contributor:

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Trust.

Suspicion.

Social psychology.

Psychology, Social.

social psychology.

Medical Subjects:

Psychology, Social.

Physical Description:

ix, 202 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

London : SAGE Publications, 2021.

Summary:

Mistrust in the 21st century is a major societal concern. This book: - explores social psychological processes that explain why and how mistrust develops - considers the effects that it has upon those who are mistrustful and those who are mistrusted - offers a model of mistrust in individuals and communities which is based on theories of identity and social representation. With examples ranging from the the 1872 US presidential election to the Trump era, it also considers Brexit, and has a significant focus on the Covid-19 pandemic. By looking at the role of social media, and how mistrust can be weaponised this book interrogates its place in our society. Ultimately, whilst feeling mistrust is part of being human this book warns that we ignore mistrust at our peril. Dame Glynis M. Breakwell is Professor Emeritus at the University of Bath in the Department of Psychology and has Visiting Professorships at Imperial College, London, University of Surrey and Nottingham Trent University. -- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. The Nature of Mistrust

The Importance of Mistrust

Trust, Distrust and Mistrust

Why Mistrust?

Identity Processes and Social Representations

2. Risk and Mistrust

What is Risk?

Making Decisions in Uncertainty: Representativeness, Availability and Anchoring

Weighing Up Prospects and Subjective Values

Cumulative Prospect Theory and Mistrust

Biases in Estimating Risk and Attributing Mistrust

Risk Reactions

Rationality and Mistrust

3. Shared Uncertainty

An Age of Uncertainty

No Uncertainty Lives Alone

Absolute Uncertainty

Shared Mistrust

4. Identity, Emotions and Mistrust

Expressions of Mistrust

Mistrust and Emotion

Being Mistrusted, Self-efficacy and Helplessness

Self-doubt and Mistrust

Extreme Mistrustfulness

Identity Resilience and Mistrust

Practical Relevance of Modelling Identity, Mistrust and Emotion

Influences on Behaviour: An Example Navigational Aids

5. Images of the Mistrusted

Prototypes, Stereotypes and Caricatures

Ranking Untrustworthiness

The Mistrusted in Popular Culture

Images and Social Representations

Images of People, not Institutions

Methodological Limitations

6. Leadership and Mistrust

The One Thing that Changes Everything

Types of Leadership

Leadership Style, Trust and Efficacy

What do You do to be Less Mistrusted?

Leader Personality and Mistrust

Gender, Leadership and Mistrust

Life Cycles of Mistrust in Leaders

Identity Processes, Social Representations and Leader Mistrust

7. Communication Channels for Inciting Mistrust

Gossip

Rumour

Social Media

8. Weaponising Mistrust: Disinformation and Propaganda

The Concepts of Disinformation and Propaganda

Propaganda Techniques and Processes of Persuasion

The Disinformation Crisis

The Disinformation Spreader

Defending against Disinformation

Is Mistrust Weaponised?

9. Conspiracy Theories

What is a Conspiracy Theory?

Characteristics of Conspiracy Theories

Conspiracy Theories are Social Representations

Resistant to Refutation

Why Believe in Conspiracy Theories?

Identity, Emotions and Conspiracy Beliefs

Channelling Mistrust

Roots of COVID-19 Conspiracies

COVID-19 Conspiracies

Mistrust: The Allure of Conspiracy Theories

10. Modelling Mistrust Processes

Mistrust is Normal

A Model of Mistrust Processes for the Individual in Social Context

Limitations and Elaborations of the Model

Things to Remember and to Question.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

Other Format:

Ebook version :

ISBN:

1529732107

9781529732108

1529732077

9781529732078

OCLC:

1241164215

Publisher Number:

99991376085