華師經管學術講座第438期（經濟）
【題目】The Persistent Impact of Biased Narratives:Evidence from an Online Experiment
【時間】5月11日（周四）16:30
【地點】騰訊會議：191-517-321 會議密碼：1933
【主講人】劉曼微 博士
【主持人】連洪泉 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.
【主講人簡介】劉曼微，荷蘭蒂爾堡大學經濟學博士，現任南京審計大學講師。研究領域主要為行為與實驗經濟學，目前的研究興趣聚焦于社會互動中制度的內生以及觀點的形成。