FAKE, FALSE NEWS, HOAX ONLINE….\nwhatever, … In ”normal circumstances” following my morning\nroutine and workout I start new day with reading ‘news’ and every\nsingle time I am faced with a challenge to what extend millions of\npeople do actually on daily basis are deciding whether to believe\nsomething they read online or not and simply skipped that new as a\ntrash? \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I do not believe we fall for false\nrather than fake news ’cause we\u2019re dumb but often it\u2019s a matter\nof letting the wrong impulses take over. We are living in an era when\nthe average Croatian citizen spend many hours online -perhaps\neven more than 24h, no idea!?<\/em> on a weekly basis whereby always\njuggling inboxes and feeds and alerts. Furthermore, whatever\npolitical convictions lead us to lazy thinking. The bottom line is\nabout our innate desire for an easy answer. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hence, instead of having a clarity\nand working not harder but rather smarter people are often trying to\n”outsmart their life” in other words, when it comes to social\nnetworks, they assume that the higher something appears for an\nexample in Google search, the piece of info they search for is more\nreliable. In that respect we completely ignore the fact that these\nsame Google\u2019s or whatever browser’ algorithms are surfacing content\nbased on keywords, not truth. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thus, if you ask info about using\nsoda to cure cancer, the tool will ‘dutifully’ find pages for you\nasserting that they work. Hey guys, it’s only a search engine. Where\ndoes this thinking take me? To our brain and how do we use this\npowerful machine and engine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We\u2019re also inclined to trust\nvisuals, whereby many photos are embellished and overstated .On Twit,\npeople use the size of others\u2019 followings as a proxy for\nreliability, yet millions of followers have been paid for while there\nis an est. of something like 10% of \u201cusers\u201d that may be bots.\nBasically people of all ages were inclined to evaluate sources based\non features like the site\u2019s URL and graphic design, things that are\neasy to manipulate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So, why do people love spreading\nfalse stories? Because they play on our emotions. People thrive on\nnovelty, that attracts human attention, Hence, when the information\nis ‘new or a breaking news’ it is also ‘more valuable’ also from a\nsocial perspective . In other words, ”new information” are spread \nbecause we get excited about it, and we think it makes us look smart.\nFurthermore, when we read a story or watch a video that reinforces\nour own strong emotions, we’re often motivated to share that video\nthrough social media or other channels. The more people share, the\nmore believable the story becomes. The result is an environment where\nmore and more people are striving to manipulate your emotions. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yes, and so what ? What can I do\nabout it ? What can I do to make sure I am not contributing to an\n”issue”, whatever it is? Well, you can work more on your emotional\nintelligence (EQ) as your unique ability to understand and manage\nyour emotions and the emotions of others unless you don’t mind to be\nled by others. That’s ok and legitimate too. Social media and false\nnews are about understanding set of complex vulnerabilities notably\nfrom the our cognitive and social aspects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Use Your Brain \u2013 for a change! \n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"