Educating for Democracy in a Partisan Age: Confronting the Challenges of Motivated Reasoning and Misinformation

Autor/inn/en	Kahne, Joseph; Bowyer, Benjamin
Titel	Educating for Democracy in a Partisan Age: Confronting the Challenges of Motivated Reasoning and Misinformation
Quelle	In: American Educational Research Journal, 54 (2017) 1, S.3-34 (32 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0002-8312
DOI	10.3102/0002831216679817
Schlagwörter	Democracy; Surveys; Adolescents; Young Adults; National Surveys; Accuracy; Simulation; Ethics; Civics; Information Technology; Media Literacy; Information Literacy; Motivation; Logical Thinking; Misconceptions; Influences; Social Media; Ideology; Persuasive Discourse; Political Issues; Beliefs; Statistical Analysis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Demokratie; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Simulation program; Simulationsprogramm; Ethik; Staatsbürgerkunde; Informationstechnologie; Media skills; Medie competence; Medienkompetenz; Informationskompetenz; psychologische; Motivation (psychologisch); Missverständnis; Influence; Einfluss; Einflussfaktor; Soziale Medien; Ideologie; Persuasion; Persuasive Kommunikation; Politischer Faktor; Belief; Glaube; Statistische Analyse
Abstract	This article investigates youth judgments of the accuracy of truth claims tied to controversial public issues. In an experiment embedded within a nationally representative survey of youth ages 15 to 27 (N = 2,101), youth were asked to judge the accuracy of one of several simulated online posts. Consistent with research on motivated reasoning, youth assessments depended on (a) the alignment of the claim with one's prior policy position and to a lesser extent on (b) whether the post included an inaccurate statement. To consider ways educators might improve judgments of accuracy, we also investigated the influence of political knowledge and exposure to media literacy education. We found that political knowledge did not improve judgments of accuracy but that media literacy education did. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01