Persistence of misinformation : biased cognitive processing and polarization / Yanmengqian Zhou, Lijiang Shen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zhou, Yanmengqian, author.

Shen, Lijiang, author.

Series:

Elements in health communication, 2754-1045.

Cambridge elements. Elements in health communication, 2754-1045

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communication in medicine.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (66 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2025.

Summary:

Misinformation can be broadly defined as information that is inaccurate or false according to the best available evidence, or information whose validity cannot be verified. It is created and spread with or without clear intent to cause harm. There is well-documented evidence that misinformation persists despite fact-checking and the presentation of corrective information, often traveling faster and deeper than facts in the online environment. Drawing on the frameworks of social judgment theory, cognitive dissonance theory, and motivated information processing, the authors conceptualize corrective information as a generic type of counter-attitudinal message and misinformation as attitude-congruent messages. They then examine the persistence of misinformation through the lens of biased responses to attitude-inconsistent versus -consistent information. Psychological inoculation is proposed as a strategy to mitigate misinformation.

Contents:

Introduction

The processing of misinformation versus corrective information

Inoculation as a mitigation strategy

Conclusion.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 17 Jan 2025).

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781009397339