Misinformation
Zoom Link
https://muw.zoom.us/j/96894922453
Department
Psychology & Family Studies
Format of Presentation
Oral Presentation
Research Category
Social Sciences
Description
The goal of this study is to research, to watch how misinformation plays a role in our community and world today. We put out misinformation in the public about a hero or savior type story and a suspect and victim story. What we did was put the misinformation out into the world via twitter and when we did it, we made screenshots and waited for reactions. When we posted it, we made updates and acted as if it was being reported live and in the moment. Thought in the end we made changes to the original tweets about how the original suspect was actually not the color or maybe even the gender that was told to the public and they actually had the story wrong the suspect was now the victim and victim the suspect. We did this to get the publics first reaction to the crime, the race or the person, and recorded the publics original perspective of it.
Recommended Citation
Thompson, Shameria, "Misinformation" (2023). Undergraduate Research Conference. 3.
https://athenacommons.muw.edu/urc/2023/social-sciences-i/3
Misinformation
The goal of this study is to research, to watch how misinformation plays a role in our community and world today. We put out misinformation in the public about a hero or savior type story and a suspect and victim story. What we did was put the misinformation out into the world via twitter and when we did it, we made screenshots and waited for reactions. When we posted it, we made updates and acted as if it was being reported live and in the moment. Thought in the end we made changes to the original tweets about how the original suspect was actually not the color or maybe even the gender that was told to the public and they actually had the story wrong the suspect was now the victim and victim the suspect. We did this to get the publics first reaction to the crime, the race or the person, and recorded the publics original perspective of it.
https://athenacommons.muw.edu/urc/2023/social-sciences-i/3