Political Psychology in the Digital (mis)Information age: A Model of News Belief and Sharing

IF 7.2 1区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

Social Issues and Policy Review Pub Date : 2020-09-17 DOI:10.31234/osf.io/u5yts

J. V. Van Bavel, Elizabeth Harris, P. Pärnamets, Steve Rathje, Kimberly C. Doell, Joshua A. Tucker

引用次数: 77

Abstract

The spread of misinformation, including “fake news,” propaganda, and conspiracy theories, represents a serious threat to society, as it has the potential to alter beliefs, behavior, and policy. Research is beginning to disentangle how and why misinformation is spread and identify processes that contribute to this social problem. We propose an integrative model to understand the social, political, and cognitive psychology risk factors that underlie the spread of misinformation and highlight strategies that might be effective in mitigating this problem. However, the spread of misinformation is a rapidly growing and evolving problem; thus scholars need to identify and test novel solutions, and work with policy makers to evaluate and deploy these solutions. Hence, we provide a roadmap for future research to identify where scholars should invest their energy in order to have the greatest overall impact.

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数字信息时代的政治心理学：新闻信仰与分享的模型

包括“假新闻”、宣传和阴谋论在内的错误信息的传播对社会构成了严重威胁，因为它有可能改变信仰、行为和政策。研究开始理清错误信息是如何以及为什么传播的，并确定导致这一社会问题的过程。我们提出了一个综合模型来理解错误信息传播背后的社会、政治和认知心理风险因素，并强调可能有效缓解这一问题的策略。然而，错误信息的传播是一个迅速增长和演变的问题；因此，学者们需要识别和测试新的解决方案，并与政策制定者合作评估和部署这些解决方案。因此，我们为未来的研究提供了一个路线图，以确定学者应该将精力投入到哪里，从而产生最大的整体影响。

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22.20

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1.10%

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期刊介绍： The mission of Social Issues and Policy Review (SIPR) is to provide state of the art and timely theoretical and empirical reviews of topics and programs of research that are directly relevant to understanding and addressing social issues and public policy.Papers will be accessible and relevant to a broad audience and will normally be based on a program of research. Works in SIPR will represent perspectives directly relevant to the psychological study of social issues and public policy. Contributions are expected to be review papers that present a strong scholarly foundation and consider how research and theory can inform social issues and policy or articulate the implication of social issues and public policy for theory and research.