Misinformation

Correcting Mold Misinformation

The spread of misinformation

How does information behave? A recent controversial approach is to use ideas in evolutionary biology to study the spread of information. However, in order for the information to ‘evolve’, there has to be some mechanism for variation. This paper would explore the ideas of memes which use the evolutionary biology approach as well as the pitfalls in using this picture. Finally, we will focus our a...

19 Misinformation effect

Misinformation spreading on Facebook

Social media are pervaded by unsubstantiated or untruthful rumors, that contribute to the alarming phenomenon of misinformation. The widespread presence of a heterogeneous mass of information sources may affect the mechanisms behind the formation of public opinion. Such a scenario is a florid environment for digital wildfires when combined with functional illiteracy, information overload, and c...

When Misinformation Improves Memory.

In two experiments, we explored the effects of noticing and remembering change in the misinformation paradigm. People watched slide shows, read narratives containing misinformation about the events depicted in the slide shows, and took a recognition test on which they reported whether any details had changed between the slides and the narratives. As expected, we found a strong misinformation ef...