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Disinformation is false information deliberately spread to deceive people. [ 1][ 2][ 3] Disinformation is an orchestrated adversarial activity in which actors employ strategic deceptions and media manipulation tactics to advance political, military, or commercial goals. [ 4]
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 ...
In some definitions, fake news includes satirical articles misinterpreted as genuine, and articles that employ sensationalist or clickbait headlines that are not supported in the text. [ 1] Because of this diversity of types of false news, researchers are beginning to favour information disorder as a more neutral and informative term.
Malinformation. Malinformation is a controversial term for information which is based on fact, but removed from its original context in order to mislead, harm, or manipulate. [ 1] The term was first coined by media researcher Hossein Derakhshan in a report titled "Information Disorder". [ 2] According to Derakhshan, examples of malinformation ...
1 / 3. YouTube. YouTube is launching new information panel that will appear when users search for controversial topics. The text boxes will appear at the top of search results and will offer fact ...
List of paradoxes. Outline of public relations – Overview of and topical guide to public relations. Map–territory relation – Relationship between an object and a representation of that object (confusing map with territory, menu with meal) Mathematical fallacy – Certain type of mistaken proof.
Anonymous users are dominating right-wing discussions online. They also spread false information. NEW YORK (AP) — The reposts and expressions of shock from public figures followed quickly after ...
Hindsight bias. In a 1997 study, Ralph Hertwig, Gerd Gigerenzer, and Ulrich Hoffrage linked the illusory truth effect to the phenomenon known as "hindsight bias", described as a situation in which the recollection of confidence is skewed after the truth or falsity has been received. They have described the effect (which they call "the ...