Incorrect information with or without an intention to deceive
Not to be confused with Disinformation or Misinformation effect.
Misinformation is incorrect or misleading information.[1][2] Misinformation can exist without specific malicious intent; disinformation is distinct in that it is deliberately deceptive and propagated.[3][4][5] Misinformation can include inaccurate, incomplete, misleading, or false information as well as selective or half-truths.[6][7]
Much research on how to correct misinformation has focused on fact-checking.[8] However, this can be challenging because the information deficit model does not necessarily apply well to beliefs in misinformation.[9][10] Various researchers have also investigated what makes people susceptible to misinformation.[10] People may be more prone to believe misinformation because they are emotionally connected to what they are listening to or are reading. Social media has made information readily available to society at anytime, and it connects vast groups of people along with their information at one time.[11] Advances in technology have impacted the way people communicate information and the way misinformation is spread.[8] Misinformation can influence people's beliefs about communities, politics, medicine, and more.[11][12] The term also has the potential to be used to obfuscate legitimate speech and warp political discourses.
The term came into wider recognition during the mid-1990s through the early 2020s, when its effects on public ideological influence began to be investigated. However, misinformation campaigns have existed for hundreds of years.[13][14]
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^Caramancion, Kevin Matthe (2020). "An Exploration of Disinformation as a Cybersecurity Threat". 2020 3rd International Conference on Information and Computer Technologies (ICICT). pp. 440–444. doi:10.1109/icict50521.2020.00076. ISBN 978-1-7281-7283-5. S2CID 218651389.
^Fisher, Natascha A. Karlova, Karen E. (2013-03-15). "A social diffusion model of misinformation and disinformation for understanding human information behaviour". informationr.net. Archived from the original on 2023-05-11. Retrieved 2023-05-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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^Diaz Ruiz, Carlos (2023-10-30). "Disinformation on digital media platforms: A market-shaping approach". New Media & Society. doi:10.1177/14614448231207644. ISSN 1461-4448.
^ abLewandowsky, Stephan; Ecker, Ullrich K. H.; Seifert, Colleen M.; Schwarz, Norbert; Cook, John (2012). "Misinformation and Its Correction: Continued Influence and Successful Debiasing". Psychological Science in the Public Interest. 13 (3): 106–131. doi:10.1177/1529100612451018. JSTOR 23484653. PMID 26173286. S2CID 42633.
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^Bode, Leticia; Vraga, Emily (23 June 2015). "In Related News, That was Wrong: The Correction of Misinformation Through Related Stories Functionality in Social Media". Journal of Communication. 65 (4): 619–638. doi:10.1111/jcom.12166. S2CID 142769329. Archived from the original on 2022-11-12. Retrieved 2024-01-31.
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