Navigating Trust in Information

10min Snip

00:00

Play full episode

Summary

Transcript

Episode notes

This chapter explores the challenges of science communication in an age of skepticism and misinformation. It examines the decline in trust towards institutions, the impact of social media, and the importance of critical research for civic engagement. The conversation reflects on personal biases, the influence of emotions on decision-making, and the persistent difficulties in discerning credible information.

Sedona Chinn, who studies how people make sense of competing claims – scientific, environmental, health-related – joins us to discuss her latest research into doing your own research. Her research has found that the more a person values the concept of doing your own research, the less likely that person is to actually do their own research. In the episode we explore the origin of the concept, what that phrase really means, and the implications of her study on everything from politics to vaccines to conspiratorial thinking.

Sedona Chinn's Website

Sedona Chinn's Twitter

Sedona Chinn's Paper

The Other Paper Mentioned

How Minds Change

David McRaney’s Twitter