民主党人比共和党人更好地辨别真假新闻,但没有更好的元认知意识
Mitch Dobbs1, Joseph DeGutis2,3, Jorge Morales4,5
1Network Science Institute and Department of Psychology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA.
Communications psychology
|September 6, 2024
概括
民主党人和老年人更好地辨别真实和虚假的新闻. 所有小组都表现出对自己判断准确性的良好的自我意识,即使是错误的判断,强调了新闻辨别中的元认知洞察力.
科学领域:
- 认知心理学 认知心理学
- 社会心理学 社会心理学
- 政治科学 政治科学是指政治学.
背景情况:
- 超认知,或对自己认知过程的洞察力,对于导航信息至关重要.
- 了解人口因素如何影响识别真假信息的能力是未被充分探索的.
- 以前的研究还没有系统地检查关于新闻真实性判断的元认知洞察力的群体差异.
研究的目的:
- 调查人口统计学因素 (政治党派,年龄) 与真假新闻辨别能力之间的关联.
- 检查这些人口统计数据如何与元认知效率和新闻真实性判断中的响应偏差有关.
- 评估一个人对自己辨别能力的洞察力是否在不同的人口群体之间有所不同.
主要方法:
- 参与者评价了真实和虚假新闻标题的真实性.
- 对于每个真实性判断,收集了信任度等级.
- 辨别能力,元认知效率和响应偏差在政治党派和年龄方面进行了分析.
主要成果:
- 与共和党人和年轻人相比,民主党人和老年人在辨别真实和虚假新闻方面表现出更好的能力.
- 所有的人口群体都表现出对自己辨别能力的强有力的洞察力.
- 共和党人表现出比民主党人略高的元认知效率,当被呈现出政治上等同的新闻项目时,尽管整体准确性较低.
结论:
- 政治党派和年龄对准确辨别真假新闻的能力有很大影响.
- 跨人口群体的个人通常具有良好的元认知洞察力,能够识别他们判断中的潜在错误.
- 研究结果表明,即使错误信息被错误地接受为真,对潜在的错误性的意识仍然存在.
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