TToB: Fake news and hate speech require less cognitive effort to process than factual, science-based news. Tough or Bluff???
Added 2023-01-31 17:23:56 +0000 UTC
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Discouraging, but I don't think it dooms us! I do think it's helpful data about how we should be communicating if we're in the "knowledge business", in order to further democratise evidence-based information/knowledge. Sometimes data and evidence is presented in quite an exclusionary, complicated way. Sometimes people gate-keep knowledge for various reasons (exclusivity, social currency, ego, oppression etc). This may mean it's much easier to read/listen to sources when being truthful isn't a priority, and just getting your point across is.
OnikeNew
2023-02-01 15:04:15 +0000 UTCIt’s TOUGH, sadly. It takes less cognitive effort for us to process false news because it usually contains simple language and it appeals to our emotions rather than our rational minds. Ugh. Does this doom us as a society? (DOI: 10.1057/s41599-022-01174-9)
Psychology In Seattle
2023-01-31 20:22:19 +0000 UTCTough. Every time I've read faux news (usually against my will), it was easier to process than reading an article in Nature or another scientific journal. They have a tendency to use simple, emotive words which are used to generate a reaction or emotion, usually fear or anger, whereas scientific information has a tendency to use complex words and ideas, and usually takes greater effort to understand.
Sika6061
2023-01-31 19:41:51 +0000 UTC
