The psychology of misinformation: Acceptance and correction
Abstract
This review discusses empirical evidence from recent psychological research on misinformation. It focuses on the psychological processes underlying why people accept misinformation and how it can be resisted. Regarding the factors facilitating acceptance, the relative research is organized around three general theoretical approaches, the cognitive-centered (misinformation as the result of lazy individual thinking), the motivation-centered (misinformation as the result of motivated reasoning in favor of people’s identities), and the ideology-centered (misinformation as part of social thought and ideology). The correction strategies are categorized depending on whether correction is introduced before (prebunking) or after (debunking) exposure to misinformation.
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Gardikiotis, A., & Πηλιούσης Α. (2024). The psychology of misinformation: Acceptance and correction. Science and Society: Journal of Political and Moral Theory, 43, 101–133. Retrieved from https://ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr/index.php/sas/article/view/33155
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