如何应对假新闻：虚假信息的可视化
物理与社会
2021-01-25 v1
摘要
当前公众在应对虚假信息（即所谓“假新闻”）时的焦虑感，由某些群体中对阴谋论的笃信所引发近期事件的反应而尖锐地显现。本文提出一种应对虚假信息的模型；其基于将虚假信息的行为类比于波现象来论证。对抗虚假信息有害效应的基础有两项准则：以怀疑为默认模式、基于折射介质的使用，以及以偏振作为基于证据分析其价值的过滤机制。批判性思维得以增强，因为前者应对确认偏误的有害效应，后者应对归因倾向，二者均削弱我们理性思考与行动的努力。该策略的益处包括将虚假信息认识论地重构为一种独立存在的现象，从而消除当其被视为为群体或个人所持有时的负面意涵。
引用
@article{arxiv.2101.09251,
title = {How to Deal with Fake News: Visualizing Disinformation},
author = {F. Espinoza and Department of Physics and Astronomy and Hofstra University and Hempstead and NY. USA. and Department of Chemistry and Physics-Adolescence Education and SUNY Old Westbury and Old Westbury and NY. USA},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2101.09251},
year = {2021}
}
备注
Four figures explaining the proposed mechanism that describe wave properties and behavior. The quantitative details are kept to a minimum so as to highlight the relevance of the treatment of disinformation as a wave, to the larger public sphere