Investigating Correction Effects of Different Modalities for Misinformation about COVID-19

Misinformation presented in different modalities about the COVID-19 pandemic has been prevalent. One approach to reducing the negative effects of misinformation is through corrective information. However, it is possible that people develop counter-attitude towards the corrective information and reaffirm their belief in misinformation, called the boomerang effect. Fewer studies examined how different modes of corrective information about COVID-19 may address the boomerang effect. With a 3-by-3 between-subject experiment design (n = 210), we first presented one of the three modalities of misinformation (text, image, video) to the participants, followed by one of the three modalities of corrective information (text, image, video) to examine the effect of the corrective information. The results showed that there was no boomerang effect after correction in all modalities, indicating that all corrective information successfully reduced participants' perceived credibility and potential action for misinformation. In the post-hoc analysis, the correction in the video mode worked best on text misinformation. Our results also suggested that image misinformation worked least effectively in terms of conveying misinformation. © 2022 Owner/Author.

Towards to Extended Empathy Methods in Design Thinking

The paper analyzes existing empathy methods and offers new approaches so far as of empathy being an important element for design thinking (a Stanford methodology for creative problem-solving) and companies post-COVID era redesign. It comprises an overview of such methods as: VR Technology, VR Empathy Mirror, Dare Dream World Modeling, Fingers Magic, Cosplay, Scenes, and Role games. The paper takes into account different views on the origin of consciousness: molecular biology, neuroscience, pharmacology, quantum information theory, quantum gravity and etc. Many different hypotheses on the related topics and existing approaches are discussed. The article pays attention to issues related to both the opportunities of practical implementation and the moral aspects, possible consequences of the inventions in empathy like a glance on perspective. One's Experimental basis for each of the approaches is provided. After all, understanding of human thinking/feeling is placed at the heart of the global understanding of all vital processes that surround us. © 2022, Springer Nature Switzerland AG.