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Why are we so bad at spotting mistakes?
Psychology explains why we're so vulnerable to misinformation.
Psychology explains why we're so vulnerable to misinformation.
美国大选落下帷幕数周以来,虚假的新闻故事充斥了诸如“脸书”(Facebook)之类的各大社交平台,人们对此十分关注。BuzzFeed(译者注:美国的一家新闻网站)的分析指出,在大选前,排名前20的虚假的大选新闻一经发出,就立即收获了远比排名前20的真实的大选新闻更多的分享、点赞、回应以及评论。例如,《震惊世界:教皇方济各发表声明,公开支持特朗普竞选总统》这篇假文章,在大选...
Research looking at fake news suggests that repetition might make us believe a piece of information is true.