Information Disorders, Moral Values and the Dispute of Narratives

TL;DR

This paper introduces a framework that views information disorders as conflicts between narratives, emphasizing the role of moral values in how individuals assess claims and make decisions.

Contribution

It proposes a novel framework linking information disorders to narrative disputes and moral values, providing a new perspective on understanding misinformation.

Findings

Narratives influence how claims are accepted as facts.

Moral values are integral to decision-making in information evaluation.

A practical example related to election fraud illustrates the framework.

Abstract

In this paper we propose a framework characterizing information disorders as disputes of narratives. Such narratives present claims to readers, who must decide whether to accept the statements in the claims as facts. We point out that this process requires establishing connections to moral values, since it has been shown that human decision making is heavily dependent on them. A simple example illustrating how this could be done is given, related to claims about fraud in the US 2020 Presidential elections.