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[[Misinformation]] is the accidental or unwitting spreading of false or misleading information which inadvertently manipulates public opinion or obscures the truth. Misinformation should not be confused with [[Disinformation]], the deliberate and deceptive dispersal of a falsehood. Whilst both concepts describe the spreading of untrue information, what separates Misinformation is that the act is unintentionally misleading, with the disseminator unaware of the false nature of the conveyed information<ref>Bernd Stahl (2006), [http://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/10007.pdf On the Difference or Equality of Information, Misinformation, and Disinformation: A Critical Research Perspective], Informing Science Journal, Volume 9, accessed 16 March 2015</ref>.  
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[[Misinformation]] is the accidental or unwitting spreading of false or misleading information which inadvertently manipulates public opinion or obscures the truth.  
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Misinformation should not be confused with [[Disinformation]], the deliberate and deceptive dispersal of a falsehood. Whilst both concepts describe the spreading of untrue information, what separates Misinformation is that the act is unintentionally misleading, with the disseminator unaware of the false nature of the conveyed information<ref>Bernd Stahl (2006), [http://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/10007.pdf On the Difference or Equality of Information, Misinformation, and Disinformation: A Critical Research Perspective], Informing Science Journal, Volume 9, accessed 16 March 2015</ref>.  
  
  

Latest revision as of 10:13, 27 March 2015

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Misinformation is the accidental or unwitting spreading of false or misleading information which inadvertently manipulates public opinion or obscures the truth.


Misinformation should not be confused with Disinformation, the deliberate and deceptive dispersal of a falsehood. Whilst both concepts describe the spreading of untrue information, what separates Misinformation is that the act is unintentionally misleading, with the disseminator unaware of the false nature of the conveyed information[1].


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  1. Bernd Stahl (2006), On the Difference or Equality of Information, Misinformation, and Disinformation: A Critical Research Perspective, Informing Science Journal, Volume 9, accessed 16 March 2015