Coronavirus: The seven types of people who start and spread viral misinformation. Media playback is unsupported on your device Conspiracy theories, misinformation and speculation about coronavirus have flooded social media.
But who starts these rumours? And who spreads them? We've investigated hundreds of misleading stories during the pandemic. It's given us an an idea about who is behind misinformation - and what motivates them. You'd hope no-one was fooled by a WhatsApp voice note claiming the government was cooking a giant lasagne in Wembley stadium to feed Londoners. To take a slightly more serious example, a prankster created a screenshot of a fake government text that claimed the recipient had been fined for leaving the house too many times.
After encouraging his followers to share it on Instagram, it found its way to local Facebook groups, where it was posted by worried residents, some of whom took it seriously. "I don't really want to cause panic," says the prankster, who wouldn't give us his real name. Photos of the scam text were shared on Facebook. MediaWise. Fake news and critical thinking in information evaluation. Georgiadou, Elli, Rahanu, Harjinder, Siakas, Kerstin V., McGuinness, Claire, Edwards, J.
Adam, Hill, Vanessa, Khan, Nawaz, Kirby, Padraig, Cavanagh, Jerald and Knezevic, Ratko (2018) Fake news and critical thinking in information evaluation. In: Western Balkan Information Literacy Conference WBILC 2018, 21-22 June 2018, Bihac, Bosnia and Herzegovina. In the post-truth era we are constantly bombarded with “news” which is fabricated, distorted, and massaged information, published with the intention to deceive and mislead others. Such “news” has come to be known as “fake news”. The influence of fake news can have profound socio-political and cultural effects when translated into action.
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On Saturday 16th March several members of the Information Literacy Group committee attended a workshop at the Olympic Park in London organised by Bournemouth University’s Centre for Excellence in Media Partnership (CEMP). The reason for the event was a new project, funded by the US Embassy in London entitled ‘Fake News: Critical Thinking, Resilience and Civic Engagement’.
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