From Dark to Light: The Many Shades of Sharing Misinformation Online (original) (raw)
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In a study conducted by Allcot and Gentzkow, (2017) titled "Social Media and fake news in the 2016 Elections", shows how misinformation and social media played an enormous role in helping Mr Donald Trump win the elections, this further deteriorated the trust people have in the media. The aim of this research is to answer the research question "What is the motivation behind political misinformation and the effect it has on society through social media platforms?".
Introduction. People enjoy sharing information, even when they do not believe it. Thus, misinformation (inaccurate information) and disinformation (deceptive information) diffuse throughout social networks, as misinforming and disinforming are varieties of information behaviour. Social media have made such diffusion easier and faster. Many information behaviour models, however, suggest a normative model of information as true, accurate, complete, despite the ubiquity of misinformation and disinformation. Analysis. Misinformation and disinformation are defined and we show how they extend the concept of information through their informativeness. Table 1 summarizes the features of information, misinformation, and disinformation. Figure 1 illustrates the social diffusion process by which misinforming and disinforming function as types of information behaviour. Conclusion. Misinformation and disinformation are closely linked to information literacy, especially in terms of how they are diffused and shared and how people use both cues to credibility and cues to deception to make judgements. Misinformation and disinformation present both challenges and opportunities for individuals, businesses, and governments. Future work in immersive, 3D virtual worlds takes a naturalistic approach to understand the principal elements of cues to misinformation and disinformation.
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