Les Européens, qui vivent en démocratie depuis plus de 70 ans, sous-estiment les risques de basculement vers l’autoritarisme car ils n’en ont jamais fait l’expérience.
- Chair of Cognitive Psychology, University of Bristol
We tend to underestimate the threat of rare events but we can prime ourselves to be more alert to the signs.
Scientists estimate that for every 100,000 people targeted with specific political ads, several thousand can be persuaded.
When people are pervasively disinformed, the very foundations of democracy can end up on shaky ground.
When sincerity counts as honesty, accuracy no longer matters.
Lateral reading, self-nudging and a persistent refusal to feed the trolls are some of the ways one can better manage information.
Internet dianggap sebagai teknologi pembebasan dan dituduh merusak demokrasi. Penelitian menunjukkan anggapan dan tuduhan tersebut ada benarnya.
The internet has been heralded as liberation technology and accused of undermining democracy. The available research shows it is a bit of both.
Checks on information shared by politicians in Europe and the US showed those in the US shared more untrustworthy material.
The study is the largest of its kind. Researchers hope it could be a breakthrough in the fight against misinformation.
We overestimate how much we think others want the world to return to its pre-pandemic ways, which makes us pessimistic about the potential to make things better.
Living with someone who believes in anti-vaccination misinformation can tear families apart, say experts.
It’s not just issues like climate change and vaccines that pose problems for conservative thinkers – it’s the way science itself is conducted.
Our new study presents the first empirical evidence that President Trump’s tweets systematically divert attention away from topics that are potentially harmful to him.
El video ‘Plandemic’, que incluye falsedades y desinformaciones sobre el coronavirus, es un ejemplo de cómo funcionan las teorías conspirativas.
Conspiracy theories about COVID-19, such as those advanced in the video ‘Plandemic,’ tend to pull from the same playbook. Recognizing that can help keep you from falling for this kind of thinking.
Only 51% of survey participants said they supported linking the number of COVIDSafe app downloads with an easing of lockdown restrictions.
Conspiracy theories and misinformation about coronavirus damage society in a number of ways.
PODCAST: In part five of The Anthill’s expert guide to conspiracy theories we find out the best ways to talk to people who believe in them.
The best way to inoculate the public against climate disinformation campaigns is to tell them what’s coming.
‘Mereka bisa jadi tukang bohong, tapi paling tidak mereka jujur.’
‘They might be a liar but at least they’re honest.’
You can’t be gaslighted if you don’t get confused and you won’t get confused if you are not misled in the first place.
New research addresses two questions about the supposed ‘pause’ in warming.
New research shows how ‘teleological thinking’ means that conspiracists are more likely to also be creationists.
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