Misinformation and Disinformation

Definition

Misinformation- when someone shares
something fake or not true about
someone else to make them
look bad

Disinformation- when someone states
something harmful and untrue about
someone else

How it Spreads

We don’t know what’s true
or false based on the document

since we don't know what's true
and some people are so gullable,
misinformation and disinformation
spreads rapidly through social media
being posted by popular people/news
media and re-posted by people who
believe it

Also, The algarithm helps with spreading
disinformation and misinformation.
popular posts which host disinformation
and misinformation and recommended to people
due to their popularity and not because of
how true they are

examples

Disinformation: CBS news posts that
the church declared war on god

Misinformation: The moon is
1049 inches long

Video and audio

Video and audio can be used as
"Evidence" for the false claims the
article/person makes. They're used
to make the viewer believe that the
claims are real and for them to spread
the information out to more people

Fake news

By definition,fake news is "false news stories,
often of a sensational nature, created
to be widely shared or distributed for
the purpose of generating revenue, or
promoting or discrediting a public
figure, political movement, company,
etc.:"It relates to misinformation and
disinformation because it's spreading false
claims/stories that are used to gain revenue
or "promoting the discrediting of a public figure.
Fake news is disinformation and misinformation on
social media.

Why do people fall for it?

Big social media accounts post this information a
nd because of their popularity, they’re trusted by
the average person and therefore it is believed.

sources:
Misinformation Disinformation Fake News