A psychological approach to promoting truth in politics: The pro-truth pledge
Author(s) / Creator(s)
Tsipursky, Gleb
Votta, Fabio
Mulick, James A.
Abstract / Description
Some recent psychology research has shown why people engage in deceptive behavior, and how we can prevent them from doing so. Given the alarming amount of fake news in the US public sphere, a group of psychologists has sought to combine the available research in a proposed intervention, the Pro-Truth Pledge, to help address this problem. The pledge asks signees to commit to 12 behaviors that research in psychology shows correlate with an orientation toward truthfulness. Early results show both that private citizens and public figures are willing to take the pledge, and initial survey, interview, and observational evidence shows the effectiveness of the pledge on reducing sharing misinformation on social media.
Keyword(s)
deception post-truth politics pro-social behavior fake news alternative factsPersistent Identifier
Date of first publication
2018-07-27
Journal title
Journal of Social and Political Psychology
Volume
6
Issue
2
Page numbers
271–290
Publisher
PsychOpen GOLD
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peerReviewed
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Tsipursky, G., Votta, F., & Mulick, J. A. (2018). A psychological approach to promoting truth in politics: The pro-truth pledge. Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 6(2), 271–290. https://doi.org/10.5964/jspp.v6i2.856
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Tsipursky, Gleb
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Votta, Fabio
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Mulick, James A.
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Date of first publication2018-07-27
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Abstract / DescriptionSome recent psychology research has shown why people engage in deceptive behavior, and how we can prevent them from doing so. Given the alarming amount of fake news in the US public sphere, a group of psychologists has sought to combine the available research in a proposed intervention, the Pro-Truth Pledge, to help address this problem. The pledge asks signees to commit to 12 behaviors that research in psychology shows correlate with an orientation toward truthfulness. Early results show both that private citizens and public figures are willing to take the pledge, and initial survey, interview, and observational evidence shows the effectiveness of the pledge on reducing sharing misinformation on social media.en_US
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Publication statuspublishedVersion
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Review statuspeerReviewed
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CitationTsipursky, G., Votta, F., & Mulick, J. A. (2018). A psychological approach to promoting truth in politics: The pro-truth pledge. Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 6(2), 271–290. https://doi.org/10.5964/jspp.v6i2.856en_US
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ISSN2195-3325
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Persistent Identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/1472
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Persistent Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.1836
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Language of contenteng
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PublisherPsychOpen GOLD
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Is version ofhttps://doi.org/10.5964/jspp.v6i2.856
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Keyword(s)deceptionen_US
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Keyword(s)post-truth politicsen_US
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Keyword(s)pro-social behavioren_US
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Keyword(s)fake newsen_US
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Keyword(s)alternative factsen_US
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Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)150
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TitleA psychological approach to promoting truth in politics: The pro-truth pledgeen_US
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DRO typearticle
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Issue2
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Journal titleJournal of Social and Political Psychology
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Page numbers271–290
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Volume6
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