“Our belief in free will is ultimately a reason so many of us back democracy in the first place. Denying it can arguably be more damaging than a few fake news posts lurking on social media.”
“The reason I have to have undercover voters is because social media sites won’t — and to some extent, can’t — tell you exactly what they’re recommending every single voter.”
Results from a recent YouGov survey using the MIST suggest that younger Americans do a worse job than older Americans distinguishing real news from fake news.
Stephan Lewandowsky and Jana LasserSeptember 22, 2022
“We also found systematic differences between the parties in the U.S., where Republican politicians were found to share untrustworthy websites more than nine times as often as Democratic politicians.”
We tend to blame the glut of disinformation in science on social media and the news, but the problem often starts with the scientific enterprise itself.
Renstrom, Joelle. "How science helps fuel a culture of misinformation." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 9 Jun. 2022. Web. 14 Mar. 2024.
APA
Renstrom, J. (2022, Jun. 9). How science helps fuel a culture of misinformation. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved March 14, 2024, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2022/06/how-science-helps-fuel-a-culture-of-misinformation/
Chicago
Renstrom, Joelle. "How science helps fuel a culture of misinformation." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified June 9, 2022. Accessed March 14, 2024. https://www.niemanlab.org/2022/06/how-science-helps-fuel-a-culture-of-misinformation/.
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