【题目】The Persistent Impact of Biased Narratives:Evidence from an Online Experiment

【时间】5月11日（周四）16:30
【地点】腾讯会议：191-517-321  会议密码：1933

【主讲人】刘曼微 博士

【主持人】连洪泉 副教授

【摘要】Can people counteract biased narratives---the qualitative interpretation of objective facts or events---through subsequent information acquisition? Using an online experiment, we investigate this question by first randomly assigning participants to read different narratives that contain the same facts, and then offering them the opportunity to acquire more balanced arguments. We document three main findings. First, participants shift their attitudes towards the standpoint of the randomly assigned narrative, knowing that the narrative is biased and randomly assigned. Second, the opportunity to read additional arguments does not prompt participants to adjust their attitudes shaped by the original narrative. Third, when evaluating subsequent arguments, participants see arguments aligned with the randomly assigned narrative as more convincing, which likely contributes to their inability to counteract biased narratives. Taken together, our results demonstrate a persistent effect of biased narratives in a setting where counteracting is given the best chance.

【主讲人简介】刘曼微，荷兰蒂尔堡大学经济学博士，现任南京审计大学讲师。研究领域主要为行为与实验经济学，目前的研究兴趣聚焦于社会互动中制度的内生以及观点的形成。