#7 Why People “Fly from Facts” with Troy Campbell

Troy Campbell is a design psychologist, which means he uses psychology to design better experiences, communications, and education. He is an expert in consumer behavior, marketing social psychology, political psychology, and scientific communication. Campbell’s research uses psychology to understand what makes people happy, how social movements can be effective, the power of advertising, what makes a good experience (such as a music festival), and consumerism. Find Troy online: Follow Troy on Twitter: (@)TroyHCampbell Visit his website: http://troyhcampbell.weebly.com/ Read some of his earlier thinking on Why People "Fly from Facts" in Scientific American (https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-people-fly-from-facts/) Watch our interview with Troy in the studio: https://youtu.be/L0j02LGsS4k Watch Troy's talk: https://youtu.be/EiELNjgZJJI Want to listen to this interview a different way? Find us wherever you get your podcasts: iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/demy%E2%80%A6ia/id1369395906 Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/university-of-oregon-school-of-journalism-and-communication/demystifying-media-podcast?refid=stpr Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2Och6Oxpkhyo1nC7D6psHI Find more Demystifying Media talks on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiELNjgZJJI&list=PLoqXTlv_f5zEJifP55GP1ghtQjY3tzoI0 Watch our Q&As with media experts on fake news, data journalism, privacy in the age of Google, indigenous media, technology trends, Facebook algorithms, and so much more: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTiuV9h-MKA&list=PLoqXTlv_f5zGu5TJeuL1SMBVCXlM4ViyL Read the transcript of this episode: https://www.scribd.com/document/463630695/Demystifying-Media-7-Why-People-Fly-from-Facts-with-Troy-Campbell

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