JOUR 001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 30: Confirmation Bias, Belief Perseverance, Motivated Reasoning
24 Dec 2020
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How equal is the access to the marketplace. The press is important to democracy -- performs necessary functions -- has to be free to perform those functions -- but if we say it must perform them, then how free is it really. Information deficit fallacy: simply giving citizens more facts does not always change their policy opinions. Motivated reasoning theory: people are subject to confirmation bias (accepting information that confirms their beliefs) and disconfirmation bias (ignoring information that undermines beliefs) Belief perseverance dynamics: people often have trouble remembering which ideas are true or false over time. Stating something that is not true can result in further confusion. Power of particular sources: people are more likely to accept new factual assertions when they come from sources that are perceived as trustworthy and hold the same general values. Has to be free to perform those functions. Wall street journal: web design is business focused, shows stock market.
