Isn’t this like the experiment with people and “forcing” them to shock someone. It is a fake shock but people still do it?… we are all selfish creatures by nature.
I'm wondering if there would be any long-term effects of repeated corrections by co-partisans. And whether the effect of a single correction, to whatever measure it may be, dissipates over time and the believer regresses to their original state.
The backlash against correction by non-members is interesting, though not entirely surprising. I see this in 'selling' scenarios. Like a startup founder pitching to investors and loading their deck with myth busting might invite skepticism. Which is why social proofing works i guess--what do others like us think and believe? My sense is that pushing down facts to change minds when you're on the other side tends to deepen reactance.
It would be interesting to see the effects of long term fact checks. I can think of lots of present day examples where political misinformation has been repeatedly corrected and for the most partisan it doesn't change their minds. Of course, that is just anecdotal and it would be worthwhile to test it!
Isn’t this like the experiment with people and “forcing” them to shock someone. It is a fake shock but people still do it?… we are all selfish creatures by nature.
I'm wondering if there would be any long-term effects of repeated corrections by co-partisans. And whether the effect of a single correction, to whatever measure it may be, dissipates over time and the believer regresses to their original state.
The backlash against correction by non-members is interesting, though not entirely surprising. I see this in 'selling' scenarios. Like a startup founder pitching to investors and loading their deck with myth busting might invite skepticism. Which is why social proofing works i guess--what do others like us think and believe? My sense is that pushing down facts to change minds when you're on the other side tends to deepen reactance.
It would be interesting to see the effects of long term fact checks. I can think of lots of present day examples where political misinformation has been repeatedly corrected and for the most partisan it doesn't change their minds. Of course, that is just anecdotal and it would be worthwhile to test it!