Weight-of-Evidence Strategies to Mitigate the Influence of Messages of Science Denialism in Public Discussions
In mass media, the positions of science deniers and scientific-consensus advocates are repeatedly presented in a balanced manner. This false balance increases the spread of misinformation under the guise of objectivity. Weight-of-evidence strategies are an alternative, in which journalists lend weig...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Ubiquity Press
2020-10-01
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| Series: | Journal of Cognition |
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| Online Access: | https://www.journalofcognition.org/articles/125 |