信息来源可信度和社会规范提高了真相辨别能力,并减少了对网上错误信息的参与
Toby Prike1,2, Lucy H Butler3, Ullrich K H Ecker3
1School of Psychological Science, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia. toby.prike@adelaide.edu.au.
Scientific reports
|March 23, 2024
概括
两个干预措施有效地打击社交媒体的错误信息. 社会规范干预减少了对虚假说法的信任,而信誉章增加了对真实的说法的信任,并改善了真实和虚假信息之间的歧视.
科学领域:
- 社会科学 社会科学 社会科学
- 沟通研究 沟通研究
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
背景情况:
- 社交媒体上的错误信息构成了重大的社会挑战.
- 需要采取有效的干预措施,以减轻虚假内容在线传播和影响.
研究的目的:
- 评估两种干预措施的有效性 - - 信誉章和社会规范 - - 在打击社交媒体错误信息方面.
- 评估这些干预措施对用户对真假陈述的信念及其参与行为的影响.
主要方法:
- 进行了一项涉及415名参与者的社交媒体模拟.
- 干预措施包括将账户与动态可信度评分联系起来,并提供关于错误信息共享的描述性/禁令性社会规范.
- 测量了参与者对真实和虚假帖子的反应.
主要成果:
- 这两种干预措施都有效地减少了对虚假陈述的信任,并改善了真实和虚假信息之间的歧视.
- 可信度章强有力的增加了对真实的说法和改变了参与度的信念 (更多的标记,更少的喜欢/共享虚假帖子).
- 社会规范干预对参与度产生了积极影响,尽管一些影响并不总是强大.
结论:
- 信誉章和社会规范干预措施显示出打击在线虚假信息的巨大潜力.
- 这些策略可以提高社交媒体平台上遇到的信息质量.
- 进一步的研究可以探索优化这些干预措施的现实应用.
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