Misinformation is often used as an umbrella term to refer to many types of false information; more specifically it may refer to false information that is not shared to intentionally … See more

Factors that contribute to beliefs in misinformation are an ongoing subject of study. According to Scheufele and Krause, misinformation … See more

Factors that contribute to the effectiveness of a corrective message include an individual's mental model or worldview, repeated exposure to … See more

In recent years, the proliferation of misinformation online has drawn widespread attention. More than half of the world's population had access to the Internet in the … See more

Early examples include the insults and smears spread among political rivals in Imperial and Renaissance Italy in the form of pasquinades. These are anonymous and witty verses … See more

Research has yielded a number of strategies that can be employed to identify misinformation, many of which share common features. According to Anne Mintz, editor of Web of Deception: Misinformation on the Internet, one of the simplest ways to … See more

An example of bad information from media sources that led to the spread of misinformation occurred in November 2005, when See more