{"id":1777986,"date":"2022-12-16T14:55:24","date_gmt":"2022-12-16T19:55:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1777986"},"modified":"2022-12-16T15:03:54","modified_gmt":"2022-12-16T20:03:54","slug":"u-s-government-funding-research-on-correcting-false-beliefs-held-by-americans-in-partnership-with-so-called-fact-checkers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-government-funding-research-on-correcting-false-beliefs-held-by-americans-in-partnership-with-so-called-fact-checkers\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Government Funding Research on &#8220;Correcting False Beliefs&#8221; Held by Americans in Partnership With So-Called &#8220;Fact-Checkers&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fu-s-government-funding-research-on-correcting-false-beliefs-held-by-americans-in-partnership-with-so-called-fact-checkers%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1777986&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The U.S. government is funding research on how to \u201ccorrect false beliefs\u201d held by Americans in partnership with \u201cfact-checkers\u201d due to the alleged spread of \u201cmisinformation\u201d online, War Room can reveal.<\/p>\n<p>Launched on July 7th, 2021, the grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) is titled\u201dHow False Beliefs Form and How to Correct Them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The project originally allocated $444,345 to Vanderbilt University\u2019s Associate Professor of Psychology and Human Development Lisa Fazio, but since its inception, has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/awardsearch\/showAward?AWD_ID=2122640\">amounted<\/a> to $506,478 in funds for the researcher.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is currently an urgent need to understand the real-world effects of misinformation on people\u2019s beliefs and how to best correct false beliefs,\u201d explains a synopsis of the grant\u2019s purpose on the NSF website.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThrough a series of laboratory and naturalistic experiments, the project team is examining the effects of repetition on belief in real-world settings and how to more effectively counter-act misinformation,\u201d continues the summary of the project, which is set to conclude in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy examining these basic psychological processes in the primary domain within which they affect daily life \u2013 misinformation on social media \u2013 this work will have implications for real-world practices aimed at reducing the impact of misinformation.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15227\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15227\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-15227\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Screen-Shot-2022-12-16-at-2.34.47-PM-300x216-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Screen-Shot-2022-12-16-at-2.34.47-PM-300x216-1.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Screen-Shot-2022-12-16-at-2.34.47-PM-1024x736-1.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Screen-Shot-2022-12-16-at-2.34.47-PM-768x552-1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Screen-Shot-2022-12-16-at-2.34.47-PM-1536x1104-1.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Screen-Shot-2022-12-16-at-2.34.47-PM-1320x948-1.png 1320w, https:\/\/warroom.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Screen-Shot-2022-12-16-at-2.34.47-PM-120x86.png 120w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Screen-Shot-2022-12-16-at-2.34.47-PM-750x539-1.png 750w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Screen-Shot-2022-12-16-at-2.34.47-PM-1140x819-1.png 1140w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Screen-Shot-2022-12-16-at-2.34.47-PM.png 1556w\"   style=\"display:none\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15227\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Grant.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The research will \u201cinform real-world practices aimed at reducing the impact of misinformation,\u201d and the NSF notes that \u201cfact-checking practitioners are consulted to help guide the research, and results will be discussed with them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The NSF, however, does not identify any of its fact-checking partners, which are notoriously <a href=\"https:\/\/thenationalpulse.com\/topics\/lead-stories\/\">rife<\/a> with left-wing bias.<\/p>\n<p>Fazio, the Principal Investigator on the project, also notes in her professional bio that her \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/psychological_sciences\/bio\/lisa-fazio\">research<\/a> informs basic theories about learning and memory, while also having clear applications for practitioners, such as journalists and teachers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The government-funded research will also \u201cleverage core principles of cognitive psychology\u201d in a \u201cseries of studies investigate[ing] how to best correct false beliefs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUsing predictions derived from existing theories within memory, language, linguistics and communications, the project is testing various design features hypothesized to improve the effectiveness of misinformation debunking strategies. Findings will reveal the cognitive mechanisms underlying successful misinformation debunking, and how fact-checkers should best present their findings,\u201d explains the project summary.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOverall, the results will inform and constrain current theories of how beliefs form and can be changed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Two papers have been published since the launch of the grant: \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/psycnet.apa.org\/doiLanding?doi=10.1037%2Fmac0000022\">Does<\/a> wording matter? Examining the effect of phrasing on memory for negated political fact checks\u201d and \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/psycnet.apa.org\/doiLanding?doi=10.1037%2Fxge0001211\">The<\/a> effects of repetition on belief in naturalistic settings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The first paper appears to deploy a rigorous scientific approach to understand how to best craft \u201cfact checks\u201d that will resonate with social media users the strongest.<\/p>\n<p>As its abstract explains:<\/p>\n<div class=\"abstract\">\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cAfter encountering negated messages, people may remember the core claim while forgetting the negative evaluation. These memory errors are of particular concern for fact checks on social media, which often use brief affirmations or negations to help the public learn the truth behind questionable claims. Across three experiments, we examined whether these memory errors could be minimized by placing evaluations before the entire claim is stated (e.g., \u201cNo, X did not do Y, as A claims\u201d), rather than after (e.g., \u201cA claims X did Y. No, this is false\u201d). Participants remembered whether fact-checked political claims were affirmed or negated immediately (Experiment 1) and 1 week later (Experiment 2). While participants began to forget these fact checks after 3 weeks, this forgetting was similar for before- and after-claim evaluations, contrary to our predictions (Experiment 3). These results suggest that there are multiple, equally memorable formats for communicating affirmations and negations.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The half-million-dollar grant follows controversy over the federal government\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/warroom.org\/2022\/12\/16\/exposed-full-list-of-companies-aiding-governments-disinformation-censorship-campaign\/\">involvement<\/a> in the censorship of alleged \u201cmisinformation\u201d and \u201cdisinformation\u201d \u2013 terms which appear to be molded to fit certain political narratives that are unfriendly towards powerful actors such as the White House, Chinese Communist Party, and World Economic Forum.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. government is funding research on how to \u201ccorrect false beliefs\u201d held by Americans in partnership with \u201cfact-checkers\u201d due to the alleged spread of \u201cmisinformation\u201d online, War Room can<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1777989,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[9736,9737,3884,9735,5458,4854,6513,5045,5646,9342,3819,3626,7238],"class_list":["post-1777986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report","tag-correcting","tag-fact-checkers","tag-americans","tag-beliefs","tag-bongino","tag-false","tag-funding","tag-government","tag-held","tag-partnership","tag-report","tag-so-called","tag-u-s"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1777986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1777986"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1777986\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1777989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1777986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1777986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1777986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}