Marc Stadtler
@marcstadtler.bsky.social
Professor for Competence modeling and competence development, Institute of Educational Science, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany
This can become especially problematic when experts comment outside their domain—as we’ve seen during the COVID-19 pandemic.
📖 Curious to learn more? Read the full paper here: bit.ly/4iF9lJU
#misinformation #scienceeducation #sciencecommunication
📖 Curious to learn more? Read the full paper here: bit.ly/4iF9lJU
#misinformation #scienceeducation #sciencecommunication
What Makes Sources Credible? How Source Features Shape Evaluation of Scientific Information
Adequate evaluation of information requires differentiated consideration of critical source features. We investigated which source features laypeople rely on to determine a scientific source’s cred...
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March 24, 2025 at 7:54 PM
This can become especially problematic when experts comment outside their domain—as we’ve seen during the COVID-19 pandemic.
📖 Curious to learn more? Read the full paper here: bit.ly/4iF9lJU
#misinformation #scienceeducation #sciencecommunication
📖 Curious to learn more? Read the full paper here: bit.ly/4iF9lJU
#misinformation #scienceeducation #sciencecommunication
⚠️ The challenge: A halo effect seems to cloud their judgment. People tend to assume that highly competent sources are also well-intentioned—and vice versa. Moreover, sources with high expertise still enjoy persuasive power, even when their expertise is not relevant to the topic.
March 24, 2025 at 7:54 PM
⚠️ The challenge: A halo effect seems to cloud their judgment. People tend to assume that highly competent sources are also well-intentioned—and vice versa. Moreover, sources with high expertise still enjoy persuasive power, even when their expertise is not relevant to the topic.
✅ The encouraging finding: Laypeople do consider both types of factors when judging a source’s credibility and the validity of their claims.
March 24, 2025 at 7:54 PM
✅ The encouraging finding: Laypeople do consider both types of factors when judging a source’s credibility and the validity of their claims.
2/2 However, simulating evaluation strategies supported their evaluation skills both within and after playing the game. Read more open access at doi.org/10.1016/j.co... #strategiesmatter #misinformation #digitalgames
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December 6, 2024 at 9:33 AM
2/2 However, simulating evaluation strategies supported their evaluation skills both within and after playing the game. Read more open access at doi.org/10.1016/j.co... #strategiesmatter #misinformation #digitalgames
Hi Philipp, good to see you here!
October 19, 2023 at 4:22 PM
Hi Philipp, good to see you here!