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Hypnosis in the internet – information or disinformation
Hypnosis in the internet – information or disinformation

Author(s): Hubert Oręziak
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Education, Communication studies, Sociology
Published by: Fundacja Pro Scientia Publica
Keywords: hypnosis; Internet; information;disinformation

Summary/Abstract: The main goal of this article is to take a look at veracity of information about hypnosis on the polish Internet. The research question that was asked: is polish Internet informative or disinformative as a source of knowledge about hypnosis.To answer this question, content analysis was done and an interview with a hypnosis expert was undertaken.This article shows that information about hypnosis that typical Internet users can find are more disinformative than informative, because only about 60% of it is true and it is not easy to detect false ones if a person is not a hypnosis expert.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 90-98
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: English