Fake news, disinformation and misinformation have become such a scourge that Marcia McNutt, president of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States, is quoted to have said (making an implicit reference to the COVID-19 pandemic) “Misinformation is worse than an epidemic: It spreads ...
While fake (虚假) news can take many forms, it can be divided into two broad types: misinformation and disinformation. Misinformation Misinformation is when false information is shared by someone who believes that information to be true. Normally it isn’t done on purpose. Disinformation Disinfor...
Fake news and misinformation in Brazil: critical analyses regarding scientific information in pandemic timesdoi:10.36311/jhgd.v33.14938BRAZILWORLD Health OrganizationFAKE newsSCIENTIFIC communicationMEDICAL communicationTELECOMMUTINGCRITICAL analysisIntroduction: fake news is one of the most frequ...
misinformation refers to “the inadvertent sharing of false information”, while disinformation can be defined as “the deliberate creation and sharing of information known to be false”. Among the negative consequences that fake news can have for companies are loss of sponsorships, reduced credibility...
Fake News and Misinformation – Why It Matters to Digital Marketers? Jomer Gregorio - October 17, 2018SOURCE Fake news – the ever-present term that has been causing a ruckus in every aspect of today’s society, is one of the main concerns in the business industry – particularly those in...
Disinformation: Information that is false and deliberately created to harm a person, social group, organisation or country (刻意发布的)虚假信息 Misinformation: Information that is false but not created with the intention of c...
Fake, false, inaccurate, misleading, and deceptive. This rhetoric is all too familiar to the news consuming public today. But what is fake news and how does it differ from misinformation and disinformation? Referring to falsified or inaccurate information, “fake news” can be defined as “false...
Cyberpsychologist Dr. Lee Hadlington explains the impact of the spread of misinformation in the Ukraine-Russia conflict, and how we can help to stop it.
The spread of online misinformation poses serious challenges to societies worldwide. In a novel attempt to address this issue, we designed a psychological intervention in the form of an online browser game. In the game, players take on the role of a fake news producer and learn to master six...
This edited volume covers a hot topic in social network analysis in the name of fake news. Included is coverage of the arguably lessened quality of social media causing multiple outlets for misinformation. Misinformation is produced for a variety of pu