Top 10 Barriers to Becoming Information Literate
10• Unaware of biases and relevant phenomographic personal barriers 9• Believing information from an authority before verifying its accuracy8• Inability to remain neutral/Wishful thinking7• Irrational fear/Fear of not Knowing6• Ignoring empirical evidence, experience and reason 5• Social Pressure/$/Short Term Benefits4• Cognitive Dissonance- difficulty processing conflicting feelings and facts 3• Information Asymmetry/Unbalanced Access 2• Information overload/Information noise 1• Mis- & Dis-Information Other Barriers to Being Information Literate Those determined to misunderstand, will Acting based on information that one wants to be true that is not Projection Gaslighting Ad hominum attacks "It's true because I say it's true" Virtue signaling Echo chamber/confirmation bias Regurgitation Over thinking Impatience Laziness Arrogance Fear of what is true
10• Unaware of biases and relevant phenomographic personal barriers 9• Believing information from an authority before verifying its accuracy8• Inability to remain neutral/Wishful thinking7• Irrational fear/Fear of not Knowing6• Ignoring empirical evidence, experience and reason 5• Social Pressure/$/Short Term Benefits4• Cognitive Dissonance- difficulty processing conflicting feelings and facts 3• Information Asymmetry/Unbalanced Access 2• Information overload/Information noise 1• Mis- & Dis-Information Other Barriers to Being Information Literate Those determined to misunderstand, will Acting based on information that one wants to be true that is not Projection Gaslighting Ad hominum attacks "It's true because I say it's true" Virtue signaling Echo chamber/confirmation bias Regurgitation Over thinking Impatience Laziness Arrogance Fear of what is true