Cultural Interpretations of Global Information? Hindsight Bias After Reading Wikipedia Articles Across Cultures

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Cultural Interpretations of Global Information? Hindsight Bias After Reading Wikipedia Articles Across Cultures
Authors
Aileen Oeberst
Ulrike Cress
Ina von der Beck
Publication date
2017
DOI
10.15496/publikation-20585
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Cultural Interpretations of Global Information? Hindsight Bias After Reading Wikipedia Articles Across Cultures - scientific work related to Wikipedia quality published in 2017, written by Aileen Oeberst, Ulrike Cress and Ina von der Beck.

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Summary: Hindsight bias is the mistaken belief that an outcome could have been foreseen once it is known. But what happens after learning about an event? Can reading biased media amplify hindsight distortions? And do people from different cultural backgrounds — with different cognitive thinking styles — draw equal conclusions from equal media reports? Authors report two studies with Wikipedia articles and samples from different cultures (Study 1: Germany, Singapore, USA, Vietnam, Japan, Sweden, N = 446; Study 2: USA, Vietnam, N = 144). Participants read one of two article versions (foresight and hindsight) about the Fukushima Nuclear Plant and estimated the likelihood, inevitability, and foreseeability of the nuclear disaster. Reading the hindsight article increased individuals' hindsight bias independently of analytic or holistic thinking style. Having excluded survey language as potential impact factor (Study 2), this result remains. Authors findings extend prior research on hindsight bias by demonstrating the amplifying effect of additional (biased) information on hindsight bias. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Oeberst, Aileen; Cress, Ulrike; Beck, Ina von der. (2017). "[[Cultural Interpretations of Global Information? Hindsight Bias After Reading Wikipedia Articles Across Cultures]]".DOI: 10.15496/publikation-20585.

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Oeberst, Aileen; Cress, Ulrike; Beck, Ina von der. (2017). &quot;<a href="https://wikipediaquality.com/wiki/Cultural_Interpretations_of_Global_Information?_Hindsight_Bias_After_Reading_Wikipedia_Articles_Across_Cultures">Cultural Interpretations of Global Information? Hindsight Bias After Reading Wikipedia Articles Across Cultures</a>&quot;.DOI: 10.15496/publikation-20585.