In this episode of The Smart Podcast, Prof. Christian Baden & Olga Pasitselska talk about how people deal with disinformation - an especially important issue these days
The podcast mentions several studies, most of which are not yet published. However, some are.
For people's tendency to "adjust" claims so they fit their prior beliefs, see:
Baden, C., & David, Y. (2018). On Resonance: A study of culture-dependent reinterpretations of extremist violence in Israeli media discourse. Media, Culture & Society , 40 (4), 514-534. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0163443717734404
Regarding our tendency to reject sources, not arguments, see:
Baden, C., & Stalpouskaya, K. (2020). Maintenance of news frames: How US, British and Russian news made sense of unfolding events in the Syrian chemical weapons crisis. Journalism Studies. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1461670X.2020.1843066
While most of the discussed findings from Ukraine are not yet published, one study about populist narratives is already available:
Pasitselska, O., & Baden, C. (2020). Who are ‘the people’? Uses of empty signifiers in propagandistic news discourse. The Journal of Language and Politics, 19(4), 666-690. https://www.jbe-platform.com/content/journals/10.1075/jlp.19057.pas
If you don't have access to these titles, you can contact the authors via researchgate.net: http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Christian_Baden2, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Olga_Pasitselska
This podcast was recorded via ZOOM app. with the technical support of the studio's director Motti Barakan.
The producer and editor of this episode is Tzlil Sharon; Special thanks to Ori Dror, the coordinator of the Smart Institute of communication, and to Eedan Rachel Amit-Danhi for recording the opening and closing.
Opening and closing music: "Wholesome" By Kevin MacLeod
Transition music: "Beauty Flow" By Kevin MacLeod