Let’s get the psychology of debate right

• Main Author: CHAN, David
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2018
• Subjects: Public debate; fake news; academics; government; Singapore; Asian Studies; Psychology; Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3389; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/4646/viewcontent/PsychologyDebate_ChanD_2018AprST.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

In the last few weeks, manySingaporeans have been exercised over the lengthy debate that ensued between anacademic and a government minister during a parliamentary committee hearing. Singaporean historian Thum Ping Tjinhad made a written submission to the Select Committee on Deliberate OnlineFalseho...