从对诚实的替代概念到美国政治家沟通中的替代事实
Jana Lasser1,2, Segun T Aroyehun1,3, Fabio Carrella4
1Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria.
Nature human behaviour
|September 25, 2023
概括
政治领导人政治领导人
科学领域:
- 政治科学 政治科学是指政治学.
- 沟通研究 沟通研究
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
背景情况:
- 社交媒体上的在线错误信息对社会凝聚力和民主构成威胁.
- 政治领袖在传播错误信息中的作用是研究不足的.
- 公众对政治家真实性的看法可以与'说出自己的想法'联系起来,即使是没有支持的陈述.
研究的目的:
- 分析政治家在社交媒体上关于诚实和证据的沟通策略的转变.
- 研究政治家的沟通风格与共享来源的质量之间的关系.
- 探讨政治诚实概念的演变与错误信息的传播之间的潜在联系.
主要方法:
- 从2011年到2022年,分析了美国国会成员在Twitter上的沟通情况.
- 区分"信念说话" (真实的,可能与证据脱) 和"事实说话" (基于证据) 之间的区别.
- 使用NewsGuard评分系统来评估共享来源的质量.
主要成果:
- 观察到政治家对诚实概念的明显转变,越来越多的'信念说话'与证据脱而出.
- 对于共和党人来说",信仰讲话"的10%增加与共享源质量下降12.8个百分点相关.
- 对共和党人和民主党人来说",说事实"的增加与更高质量的来源有关.
结论:
- 这些发现表明,人们对政治真相和诚信的理解正在不断发展,主观信念优先于证据.
- 这种沟通转变可能有助于在政治话语中传播错误信息.
- 虽然是观察性的,但结果支持了将政治沟通策略与错误信息趋势联系在一起的假设.
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