The Misinformation Future—Confronting Emerging Threats

错误信息的未来——应对新出现的威胁

• 批准号: DP240101230
• 负责人: Prof Ullrich Ecker
• 金额: $ 33.77万
• 依托单位: The University of Western Australia
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2024-01-01 至 2027-12-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP240101230
• 关键词: Misinformation; Future; Confronting; Emerging; Threats

Misinformation presents challenges to public health and democracy. Though psychological research has explored processing mechanisms and countermeasures, new threats are arising that need to be confronted. This project aims to help meet these threats by (a) investigating misinformation impacts on future-oriented cognition and behaviours, with a focus on global long-term issues and (b) addressing the unique challenges posed by visual and synthetic (AI-generated) misinformation. The expected outcome is new knowledge on the processing and impacts of emerging types of misinformation and translation into practical interventions. These promise to benefit consumers, educators and policymakers, contributing to a healthier information environment.

错误信息给公共卫生和民主带来了挑战。尽管心理学研究已经探索了处理机制和对策，但需要应对的新威胁正在出现。该项目旨在通过以下方式帮助应对这些威胁：(a) 调查错误信息对面向未来的认知和行为的影响，重点关注全球长期问题；(b) 解决视觉和合成（人工智能生成）带来的独特挑战误传。预期成果是关于新出现的错误信息类型的处理和影响的新知识，并转化为实际干预措施。这些有望使消费者、教育工作者和政策制定者受益，为营造更健康的信息环境做出贡献。