When liars are considered honest.

conceptions of honesty integrity of democracy misinformation populism

Journal

Trends in cognitive sciences
ISSN: 1879-307X
Titre abrégé: Trends Cogn Sci
Pays: England
ID NLM: 9708669

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
03 Apr 2024
Historique:
received: 18 01 2024
revised: 10 03 2024
accepted: 12 03 2024
medline: 5 4 2024
pubmed: 5 4 2024
entrez: 4 4 2024
Statut: aheadofprint

Résumé

This article introduces a theoretical model of truth and honesty from a psychological perspective. We examine its application in political discourse and discuss empirical findings distinguishing between conceptions of honesty and their influence on public perception, misinformation dissemination, and the integrity of democracy.

Identifiants

DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2024.03.005 PMID: 38575465
pubmed: 38575465
pii: S1364-6613(24)00058-5
doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2024.03.005
pii:
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2024 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

Declaration of interests No interests are declared.

Auteurs

Stephan Lewandowsky (S)

School of Psychological Science, University of Bristol, 12a Priory Road, Bristol BS8 1TU, UK; Department of Psychology, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany; School of Psychological Science, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia. Electronic address: stephan.lewandowsky@bristol.ac.uk.

David Garcia (D)

Department of Politics and Public Administration, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany; Complexity Science Hub Vienna, Vienna, Austria.

Almog Simchon (A)

School of Psychological Science, University of Bristol, 12a Priory Road, Bristol BS8 1TU, UK; Department of Psychology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel.

Fabio Carrella (F)

School of Psychological Science, University of Bristol, 12a Priory Road, Bristol BS8 1TU, UK.

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