Expert but not persuasive: middle school students’ consideration of source in the processing of conflicting videos
Catégorie
Journal Article
Auteurs
Lescarret, C., Magnier, J., Le Floch, V., Sakdavong, J-C., Boucheix, J.M., Tricot, A., Amadieu, F.
Année
2023
Titre
Expert but not persuasive: middle school students’ consideration of source in the processing of conflicting videos
Journal / Livre / Conférence
JOURNAL FOR THE STUDY OF EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT
Résumé
The purpose of this study was to better understand how middle
school students consider the source of information when processing
videos with conflicting information. To this end, we exposed a
sample of seventh-graders to a series of videos in which two
interviewees expressed divergent positions on a socioscientific
issue (‘Will organic farming be able to feed the entire world
population by 2050?’). After viewing the videos, students were
asked to recall the sources they had seen and indicate how far
they had perceived the sources to be credible and convincing.
Results showed that students paid close attention to the information
given about the sources during viewing and rated their credibility
accordingly. However, only a minority of students rated the
expert sources as the most convincing after viewing the videos,
while students’ beliefs on the topic contributed to source evaluation.
These results suggest that although middle school students
may pay attention to the identity of sources when viewing a video,
they are unlikely to use this information to assess the reliability of
the message.
Volume
https://do
Pages
1-37