Political Psychology in the Digital (mis)Information age: A Model of News Belief and Sharing
By Jay J. Van Bavel, Elizabeth Harris, P. Pärnamets, Steve Rathje, Kimberly C. Doell, Joshua A. Tucker. Social Issues and Policy Review, 2020
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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.
Subfields: Communication, Sociology and Political Science
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- Identity concerns drive belief: The impact of partisan identity on the belief and dissemination of true and false news (2018, background): “…system that prioritizes trusted news sources in their feed (Dwoskin & Shaban, 2018; Pennycook & Rand, 2019), and scientists across numerous disciplines are also striving to tackle this issue (Lazer et al., 2018; Roozenbeek & van der Linden, 2019; Van Bavel et al., 2021; Vosoughi et al., 2018).”