Nuance, societal dynamics, and responsibility in addressing misinformation in the post-truth era: Commentary on Lewandowsky, Ecker, and Cook.
Nuance, societal dynamics, and responsibility in addressing misinformation in the post-truth era: Commentary on Lewandowsky, Ecker, and Cook.
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后真相时代解决错误信息的细微差别、社会动态和责任:莱万多夫斯基、埃克和库克的评论。
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10.1016/j.jarmac.2017.10.001
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2017
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4.2
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Webb H
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Webb H
Comments on an article by Stephan Lewandowsky, Ullrich KH Ecker & John Cook (see record 2017-57700-001). Lewandowsky, Ecker, and Cook begin their thoughtprovoking article by positing a dystopian future in a “post-truth” era where knowledge is elitist and experts have lost legitimacy. In this future, facts are determined not by expert reasoning, but by an opinion market on social media; the propagation of content across social networks is highly susceptible to manipulation, and popular platforms such as Twitter and Facebook are powerhouses that enable misinformation to spread on a massive scale. The authors state that there is genuine cause to be concerned that this dystopia could be becoming a reality, and that the prevalence of misinformation in contemporary society is undermining the capacity for a well-informed public to make democratic decisions. They further argue that our current post-truth landscape is a product of social and political mega trends, and a resultant alternative epistemology that challenges previously conventional standards of evidence. Lewandowsky et al. conclude by recommending a “techno cognition” approach; underpinned by psychological principles, this approach provides technological solutions to promote the spread of high-quality information and discourage the spread of misinformation.(PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)