In his 2016 article titled The Consequences of Reading Inaccurate Information, D. N. Rapp outlines the current state of research into the psychology of interpreting misinformation, which is currently a hot topic issue after the recent presidential election. He discusses the reaction people have to being exposed to inaccurate information, the ways that we intuitively think would decrease the later reliance on the faulty information but do no, and then outlines 4 factors that decrease reliance on inaccuracies.
The literature shows that humans are easily fallible creatures, especially when confronted with seemingly reliable information that is clearly false. The incidence of people relying on false information is increased due to the recency …show more content…
One way is to carefully tag inaccurate information as we read along, which decreases beliefs in incorrect information but is limited only to the information participants were able to actively tell was fake and not the inaccuracies that they failed to identify. Anther method is to give the most context possible about how relevant the information is, which helps readers compartmentalize the information and not think it is universally applicable. An example given has to do with inaccurate information in a fantasy novel, in which readers were more likely to not rely on false information given the genre of the novel. It is also important to note that plausibility of the fake information has a lot of influence on whether someone will rely on that information or not, so exploring the implausibility of fake information could help curb the reliance on it. In conclusion, D.N Rapp outlines current research and future directions for studying inaccurate information's effect on participant's belief in his 2016 article titled The Consequences of Reading Inaccurate Information. He discusses how people react given inaccurate information, what mistakes we are currently making in attempting to counteract this effect, and factors that we may use to better be able to discern between fake and real
The literature shows that humans are easily fallible creatures, especially when confronted with seemingly reliable information that is clearly false. The incidence of people relying on false information is increased due to the recency …show more content…
One way is to carefully tag inaccurate information as we read along, which decreases beliefs in incorrect information but is limited only to the information participants were able to actively tell was fake and not the inaccuracies that they failed to identify. Anther method is to give the most context possible about how relevant the information is, which helps readers compartmentalize the information and not think it is universally applicable. An example given has to do with inaccurate information in a fantasy novel, in which readers were more likely to not rely on false information given the genre of the novel. It is also important to note that plausibility of the fake information has a lot of influence on whether someone will rely on that information or not, so exploring the implausibility of fake information could help curb the reliance on it. In conclusion, D.N Rapp outlines current research and future directions for studying inaccurate information's effect on participant's belief in his 2016 article titled The Consequences of Reading Inaccurate Information. He discusses how people react given inaccurate information, what mistakes we are currently making in attempting to counteract this effect, and factors that we may use to better be able to discern between fake and real