A Study On The Susceptibility Of The Elderly To WeChat False Information In The Post-truth Era

In the post-truth era,the susceptibility to false information on We Chat among the elderly in my country has become a social issue that needs urgent attention.In order to prevent the elderly from suffering from false information in We Chat social interactions,and to help the elderly to calmly face the changes brought about by technological progress,Well integrated into the information society.Taking the elderly 60 years old and above as the main research object,the false information samples of the We Chat "rumor filter" platform from June 2019 to June 2020 are used as basic data,and the text characteristics,user characteristics,and motivations of the false information And impact analysis.From the perspective of text and discourse,understand the characteristics of false information in terms of issues,emotions,rhetoric,and sentence patterns,and summarize the most common narrative methods of false information.Secondly,we conduct in-depth observation by selecting the elderly We Chat groups susceptible to false information,to understand the characteristics of the elderly susceptible to We Chat false information groups,and the role of different susceptible elderly in We Chat groups.At the same time,establish an online connection with the elderly and their children,analyze the characteristics of the elderly population's susceptibility to false information,and lay the foundation for the later analysis of the phenomenon of the elderly population's susceptibility to false information.The study found that the Internet has caused the collapse of the traditional single authoritative information source mechanism,and the Internet information has shown great prosperity.The elderly who are submerged in the sea of information can only read selectively based on emotion and experience,and cannot find the truth of the times.,Deeply trapped in the island of post-truth,also prompted false information to sweep the We Chat social platform like a tornado.In the social network of We Chat acquaintances,ignorance is seen as a shameful thing.In order to demonstrate the value of their existence,the elderly will use false information to absorb the "nutrients" needed for daily social interaction,and they will also share false information.Be a bond between children and old friends.The narcotic effect of false information can help the elderly to relieve their inner anxiety to a certain extent and play a comforting role.However,But the elderly who have been addicted to false information for a long time will lose their ability to act in society.False information triggers the blind consumer psychology of the elderly by resorting to panic.The family adds a heavy burden,triggers family conflicts,and causes fierce intergenerational conflicts.Establishing or strengthening relevant courses on information literacy in community colleges for the elderly,improving the dissemination efficiency and arrival rate of rumor-refuting information,strengthening the governance of We Chat information ecology and the ability of children to feed back information,etc.will be positive for the governance of the problem of false information infection among the elderly.effect.