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CATEGORIES:Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)
SUMMARY:Misinformation and the distinct psychologies of be
 lieving and sharing - Professor Michael Bang Peter
 sen (Aarhus University)
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UID:TALK156436AThttp://talks.cam.ac.uk
URL:http://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/156436
DESCRIPTION:In this talk\, I will present results from an ongo
 ing project where we seek to illuminate the psycho
 logy underlying the sharing of misinformation on s
 ocial media. We do so by combining participants' a
 nswers on longitudinal surveys (including experime
 ntal components) and their actual behavior on the 
 social media platform\, Twitter. Consistent with r
 ecent research\, we find evidence that beliefs in 
 misinformation reflect cognitive laziness\, which 
 can be alleviated through brief interventions. At 
 the same time\, however\, those who actually share
  misinformation on Twitter are more rather than le
 ss digitally literate and politically sophisticate
 d. To some extent\, they seem to know that - or do
  not care whether - the stories they share are fak
 e or real. Instead\, what drives them is deep anim
 osity towards political opponents. These findings 
 not only shed light on the sentiments that facilit
 ate the circulation of false information but also 
 serve as a warning about using insights about the 
 psychology of beliefs to illuminate the psychology
  of behavior.\n\nZoom link: https://www.psychol.ca
 m.ac.uk/study/grads/grads/spss-joining-details. 
LOCATION:via zoom 
CONTACT:Cecilie Steenbuch Traberg
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