Role of false news in discursive coherence and decision making

• Published in: Salud, Ciencia y Tecnología - Serie de Conferencias Vol. 2; p. 123
• Main Authors: Cabrera Salazar, Arlene Sofía, Caramés, Ayelén, Fernandez Larrosa, Pablo Nicolas, Cevasco, Jazmin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 24.04.2023
• ISSN: 2953-4860
• DOI: 10.56294/sctconf2023123

The false news has been widely studied and it has been found that they can generate confusion, distortion of the information available and intentionally provide some emotionality, coming to compromise decision making. Consequently, it is important to investigate how the negative effect of misinformation can be counteracted. For this reason, the objective of this work is to present a research review that analyzes how false news can affect decisions in different contexts and its effect on the construction of discursive coherence. On the other hand, there is an interplay between the presentation of false news, the emotions of the comprehensive and the decision making. Along these lines, refutation texts, those that present arguments that denied false information, constitute a useful tool to review erroneous perceptions and provide verifiable information. However, the effectiveness of these texts will depend on various factors, such as clarity, structure, format, modality and the context in which they are presented. With the present work, we propose to analyze the intergame between misinformation, discursive coherence and decision -making, which is of utmost relevance at the social level.