易受在线错误信息的影响:对人口和心理因素的系统元分析
Mubashir Sultan1,2, Alan N Tump1,3, Nina Ehmann1,4
1Center for Adaptive Rationality, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin 14195, Germany.
概括
年龄较大,分析性思维和政治立场都会影响人们对网上错误信息的易感性. 了解这些因素有助于打击社交媒体上虚假新闻的传播.
科学领域:
- 社会心理学 社会心理学
- 媒体研究 媒体研究
- 行为科学 行为科学
背景情况:
- 社交媒体是数十亿人的首要新闻来源,引发了人们对错误信息对社会影响的担忧.
- 现有的对错误信息易受影响的研究是有限的,缺乏明确谁是脆弱的以及为什么.
研究的目的:
- 系统地分析影响在线虚假信息真实性判断的人口和心理因素.
- 区分辨别真假新闻的能力 (歧视) 和反应偏见 (真实新闻/假新闻偏见).
主要方法:
- 一个系统的个人参与者数据元分析31项实验,包括11561名美国参与者.
- 分析了256,337个关于新闻标题真实性的独特选择.
主要成果:
- 参与者在识别真实和虚假标题方面表现出了突出的准确性.
- 年龄较大,分析能力较强,与民主党的关系,与更好的歧视能力相关联.
- 意识形态一致性,有动机的反思和新闻熟悉性与真实新闻偏见有关;年龄较大和分析技能显示出虚假新闻偏见.
结论:
- 人口统计和心理因素显著影响人们对在线虚假信息的易感性.
- 干预措施可以通过了解个人在辨别真实和虚假新闻方面的差异来定制.
- 显示来源增强了歧视,特别是对共和党人来说.
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