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- Misinformation refers to a range of different types of false, inaccurate, or misleading information. It can be spread intentionally by people who want to mislead us or cause harm, or unintentionally by people who believe it is true.
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Oct 21, 2021 · Misinformation refers to a range of different types of false, inaccurate, or misleading information. It can be spread intentionally by people who want to mislead us or cause harm, or unintentionally by people who believe it is true.
Mar 18, 2021 · Research from the RAND Corporation and others shows media and information literacy improves critical thinking, awareness of media bias, and the desire to consume quality news—all of which help beat back misinformation.
This study provides evidence that media and information literacy can help stem the spread of misinformation, disinformation, and fake news, aside from making information users and consumers capable of evaluating and determining the authenticity of news and information.
Oct 20, 2022 · Five ideas to help students understand the problem, learn basic skills, share their experiences and have a say in how media literacy is taught.
Feb 11, 2021 · Misinformation: Unintentional mistakes such as innacturate photo captions, dates, statistics, translations, or when satire is taken seriously. Disinformation: Fabricated or deliberately manipulated audio/visual content. Intentionally created conspiracy theories or rumors.
Sep 26, 2023 · The results indicate that digital literacy predicts successful identification of online misinformation, as well as webpage scan patterns, specifically devoting attention and focusing gaze at metadata areas that provide cues attesting to the credibility of the messages.
Dec 13, 2022 · Based on an examination of misinformation and a theorisation of news literacy put forward in 2020, I propose a theory of misinformation literacy grounded in knowledge and skills of six key aspects of mis/disinformation: context, content, creation, circulation, consumption and consequences. Download chapter PDF.
