Hoorcollege 5

Question 1

fake news

Answer 1

• fictious articles that spread easily
• false stories that are created to influence political views or as a joke
• intentional disinfomation for politcal and/or commercial purposes presented as real news

Question 2

echo chambers

Answer 2

(social) media space where information consumers (intentionally) only self-expose to content and communities that confirm their beliefs and perceptions while avoiding those that challenge them

Question 3

filter bubbles

Answer 3

algorithmic curation and personalization systems that decrease users’ likelihood of encountering ideologically cross-cutting news content (reboot of one step flow)

Question 4

Why do we believe fake news

Answer 4

cognitive assonace = we like to believe things in line with previously held beliefs –> this leads to polarization: it is constantly confirmed that what we know is true

echo chamber effect:
- freuquently heuristic = we keep seeing the same thing over and over again
- social credibility: environment beliefs in it, do you? –> you like spending time with people who believe the same things as you

we like to believe what is good and easy for us –> inconvenient truth: we dont like it so we dont believe it