Putting the Social Back Into Social Cognition

Media bias will always be an interesting topic to be examined. Media plays some important roles in society. One of its roles is building public opinions. In this case, media has been assumed to be biased as it might take some advantages from its position. This study aims at investigating The Jakarta Post’s bias towards the environmental preservation issues (an ecolinguistic study). The method used in this study is qualitative descriptive method by applying Van Dijk’s model of critical discourse analysis. This research model does not only analyze the aspect of text structure but also social cognition and social context. The object for this study is the news texts taken from The Jakarta Post Online. The result of the study showed that The Jakarta Post showed its bias towards environmental preservation issues by positioning itself as a pro’s side . In the text structure level, its bias can be identified with the way it chose the theme, topics, schemes and lexical choices which were in accordance with environmental ethics principles. In the social cognition level, its bias can be identified with the nature of the knowledge involved in showing its position in accordance with environmental preservation mission. In the social context level, its bias can be identified with the social values reflected from the news and certain group domination involved in the Jakarta Post’s news report which was in accordance with pro-environmental preservation. Generally, The Jakarta Post showed its progressive attitude or tendency to the change by intensely discussing environmental issues which implied the ideas of improving the way people should preserve their environment. Keberpihakan media akan selalu menjadi bahan yang menarik untuk diteliti. Media memainkan peran penting dalam masyarakat. Salah satu peran media adalah membangun opini publik. Dalam hal ini, media telah diasumsikan memiliki keberpihakan karena media dapat mengambil keuntungan dari posisinya tersebut. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk melihat keberpihakan The Jakarta Post terhadap isu pelestarian lingkungan hidup (sebuah kajian ekolinguistik). Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah metode deskriptif kualitatif dengan menggunakan analisis wacana kritis model Van Dijk. Model penelitian ini tidak hanya menganalisis aspek struktur teks, melainkan juga kognisi sosial dan konteks sosial. Objek penelitian ini adalah teks berita yang diambil dari media berita online The Jakarta Post. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa The Jakarta Post menunjukkan keberpihakannya terhadap isu pelestarian lingkungan hidup dengan meposisikan dirinya sebagai pihak yang mendukung. Dalam tataran struktur teks, keberpihakannya dapat diidentifikasi dari tema, topik, skema wacana dan pilihan kata yang digunakan yang sesuai dengan prinsip-prinsip etika lingkungan. Dalam tataran kognisi sosial, keberpihakannya dapat diidentifikasi dari sifat pengetahuan yang dilibatkan yang menunjukkan posisinya yang sejalan dengan misi pelestarian lingkungan hidup. Dalam tataran konteks sosial, keberpihakannya dapat diidentifikasi dari nilai-nilai sosial yang tercermin dari berita dan dominasi kelompok yang dilibatkan dalam pelaporan berita yang ditulis The Jakarta Post yang berada pada posisi pro-pelestarian lingkungan hidup. Secara umum, The Jakarta Post menunjukkan sikap progresif atau cenderung kepada perubahan dengan mengulas secara intens isu-isu pelestarian lingkungan hidup yang secara tersirat menyarankan perlu adanya peningkatan terhadap upaya-upaya pelestarian lingkungan hidup.

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In search of a Goldilocks zone for credible AI

Scientific Reports ◽

10.1038/s41598-021-93109-8 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Kevin Allan ◽

Nir Oren ◽

Jacqui Hutchison ◽

Douglas Martin

Keyword(s):

Social Cognition ◽

Single Source ◽

Multiple Tests ◽

The Social ◽

New Directions ◽

Global Problems ◽

Scene Content ◽

Different Sources ◽

Source Accuracy

AbstractIf artificial intelligence (AI) is to help solve individual, societal and global problems, humans should neither underestimate nor overestimate its trustworthiness. Situated in-between these two extremes is an ideal ‘Goldilocks’ zone of credibility. But what will keep trust in this zone? We hypothesise that this role ultimately falls to the social cognition mechanisms which adaptively regulate conformity between humans. This novel hypothesis predicts that human-like functional biases in conformity should occur during interactions with AI. We examined multiple tests of this prediction using a collaborative remembering paradigm, where participants viewed household scenes for 30 s vs. 2 min, then saw 2-alternative forced-choice decisions about scene content originating either from AI- or human-sources. We manipulated the credibility of different sources (Experiment 1) and, from a single source, the estimated-likelihood (Experiment 2) and objective accuracy (Experiment 3) of specific decisions. As predicted, each manipulation produced functional biases for AI-sources mirroring those found for human-sources. Participants conformed more to higher credibility sources, and higher-likelihood or more objectively accurate decisions, becoming increasingly sensitive to source accuracy when their own capability was reduced. These findings support the hypothesised role of social cognition in regulating AI’s influence, raising important implications and new directions for research on human–AI interaction.

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The neurobiological underpinning of the social cognition impairments in patients with spinocerebellar ataxia type 2

Cortex ◽

10.1016/j.cortex.2020.12.027 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Silvia Clausi ◽

Giusy Olivito ◽

Libera Siciliano ◽

Michela Lupo ◽

Marco Bozzali ◽

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Keyword(s):

Social Cognition ◽

Spinocerebellar Ataxia ◽

Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type ◽

Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 2 ◽

The Social

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Editorial introduction: The social cognition of Willem Koops

European Journal of Developmental Psychology ◽

10.1080/17405629.2012.681519 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 9 (3) ◽

pp. 291-294

Author(s):

Paul Lansley Harris ◽

Carolien Rieffe ◽

Marcel van Aken

Keyword(s):

Social Cognition ◽

Editorial Introduction ◽

The Social

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Test–Retest Reliability of Social Cognition Screening Questionnaire–Taiwan Version in People With Schizophrenia

American Journal of Occupational Therapy ◽

10.5014/ajot.2021.75s2-po23 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 75 (Supplement_2) ◽

pp. 7512500023p1-7512500023p1

Author(s):

Shu-Chun Lee ◽

Yi-Ching Wu ◽

David Leland Roberts ◽

Kuang-Pei Tseng ◽

Wen-Yin Chen

Keyword(s):

Social Cognition ◽

Random Measurement Error ◽

Good Test ◽

Retest Reliability ◽

Screening Questionnaire ◽

The Core ◽

Random Measurement ◽

The Social ◽

Test Retest Reliability ◽

Multiple Domains

Abstract Date Presented 04/19/21 The Social Cognition Screening Questionnaire–Taiwan version (SCSQT) was designed to assess multiple domains of social cognition in people with schizophrenia in Taiwan. The SCSQT contains five subscales and provides estimates of the core domains of mentalizing and social perception and an overall social cognition score. Our validation of SCSQT indicated that the SCSQT had good test–retest reliability, acceptable random measurement error, and negligible practice effects. Primary Author and Speaker: Shu-Chun Lee Additional Authors and Speakers: Trudy Mallinson Contributing Authors: Alison M. Cogan, Ann Guernon, Katherine O'Brien, and Piper Hansen

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Exploring the Construct Validity of the Social Cognition and Object Relations Scale in a Clinical Sample

Journal of Personality Assessment ◽

10.1080/00223891.2012.668594 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 94 (5) ◽

pp. 533-540 ◽

Cited By ~ 24

Author(s):

Michelle B. Stein ◽

Jenelle Slavin-Mulford ◽

S. Justin Sinclair ◽

Caleb J. Siefert ◽

Mark A. Blais

Keyword(s):

Social Cognition ◽

Construct Validity ◽

Object Relations ◽

Clinical Sample ◽

The Social

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The Impact of Self-Management Techniques to Improve University Students’ Social Cognition

Islamic Guidance and Counseling Journal ◽

10.25217/igcj.v4i1.1247 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 116-123

Author(s):

Mita Sri Handayani ◽

Muhammad Nur Wangid ◽

Andre Julius

Keyword(s):

Social Cognition ◽

University Students ◽

The Self ◽

Self Report ◽

Self Management ◽

Social Changes ◽

The Social ◽

Management Techniques ◽

The Impact ◽

Cognition Scale

The background of the current study is the urgency of possessing good social cognition to adapt to the social changes that are happening quickly. Weak social cognition makes individuals less in empathy, aggressive or unhappy in their daily life. The link between self-management and social cognition lies in cognitive adjustment. Hence, the authors think it is important to do research that focuses on the implementation of counseling with self-management techniques in developing social cognition. The authors aimed to investigate the effectiveness of self-management in improving social cognition. The present study used one group pretest-posttest quasi-experiment. We invited 10 students from Universitas Ma'soem, Indonesia to participate in the experiment. They were selected based on a low social cognition score after filling the self-report of nineteen items social cognition scale. The results showed counseling with self-management techniques effective in improving university students' social cognition. Besides, limitations and recommendations are discussed.

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