Unit 2 Discussion 1
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After reading, address the following in your response:
Paragraph 1: Create a main idea that both articles support. Include evidence from both articles. Connect the evidence back to the main idea. The main idea that is supported in both articles is that misinformation in the is able create false memories in people that can sway them against facts. In the article, Neutralizing misinformation through inoculation: Exposing misleading argumentation techniques reduces their influence
, the researchers describe how misinformation in media, like “false balance”, can cause people have a negative outlook towards facts about climate change (Cook, Lewandowsky, & Ecker, 2017). In the article, Misinformation lingers in memory: Failure of three pro-vaccination strategies
, the researchers talk about how even when media try’s to educate the public about the difference between the facts on vaccination and the myths about vaccination people will create false memories over time where they believe the myths to be more true than the facts (Pluviano, Watt, & Sergio, 2017).
Paragraph 2: Create a main idea that shows the difference between the two articles. Include evidence from both articles. Connect the evidence back to the main idea.
The main difference between the two articles is how they conducted the sampling for their studies. In the article, Misinformation lingers in memory: Failure of three pro-vaccination strategies
, the researchers used an email invite to recruit graduate level students from colleges in Edinburgh and Naples. This type of sampling in not really a great representation of the population since there was not much diversity in the participants. In the article, Neutralizing misinformation through inoculation: Exposing misleading argumentation techniques reduces their influence
, the researchers used Qualtrics.com to randomly select a sample of participants differing in age, gender, and socioeconomic status from throughout the United States. This type
of sampling is more representative of the population because it recruited from a larger population
of more diverse people.
Paragraph 3: Identify which theories or concepts each author used to guide their research.
In the article, Neutralizing misinformation through inoculation: Exposing misleading argumentation techniques reduces their influence
, described by Cook, Lewandowsky, & Ecker (2017), ”
Similarly, inoculation theory proposes that people can be “inoculated” against misinformation by being exposed to a refuted version of the message beforehand [14]. Just as vaccines generate antibodies to resist future viruses, inoculation messages equip people with counterarguments that potentially convey resistance to future misinformation, even if the misinformation is congruent with pre-existing attitudes. There are two elements to an inoculation: (1) an explicit warning of an impending threat and (2) a refutation of an anticipated argument that exposes the imminent fallacy. For example, an inoculation might include (1) a warning that there exist attempts to cast doubt on the scientific consensus regarding climate change, and (2) an explanation that one technique employed is the rhetorical use of a large group
of “fake experts” to feign a lack of consensus. By exposing the fallacy, the misinformation (in this case, the feigned lack of consensus) is delivered in a “weakened” form. Thus, when people subsequently encounter a deceptive argument, the inoculation provides them with a counter-
argument to immediately dismiss the misinformation (pg. 3).”
Stephen Scott
Cook, J., Lewandowsky, S., & Ecker, U. K. H. (2017). Neutralizing misinformation through inoculation: Exposing misleading argumentation techniques reduces their influence.
PLoS One, 12
(5) doi:http://dx.doi.org.library.capella.edu/10.1371/journal.pone.0175799
Pluviano, S., Watt, C., & Sergio, D. S. (2017). Misinformation lingers in memory: Failure of three pro-vaccination strategies.
PLoS One, 12
(7) doi:http://dx.doi.org.library.capella.edu/10.1371/journal.pone.0181640
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