Let\u2019s finish up our work together by looking at misinformation, disinformation and some ways to proactively address it. Please complete the following: 1. Click on the hyperlink below and read (or listen to) the following article entitled, \u201cWhy the Elderly Are More Susceptible to Social Media Misinformation.\u201d https:\/\/m.thewire.in\/article\/tech\/elderly-social-media-misinformation-covid-19<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Though a problem that has existed for a while, misinformation spiralled to new heights during the second wave of COVID-19. The Wire <\/p>\n\n\n\n
2. Now that you have read this, consider the definitions of mis- and disinformation as explained by Dr. Kate Starbird, Associate Professor at Washington University, in the proceedings of a 2020 workshop entitled, Addressing Health Misinformation with Health Literacy Strategies: Starbird noted that the distinction between misinformation and disinformation is \u201creally important when we think about strategies for addressing false information, online or elsewhere.\u201d The definitions are still in development as is the field of disinformation studies itself, she added, but misinformation is presently understood by most as \u201cfalse information that is not intentionally false,\u201d whereas disinformation is \u201cfalse or misleading information spread with some kind of intent\u2014usually political, reputational, or financial.\u201d Disinformation, she continued, is not just one piece of information: It is part of a campaign or a set of different narratives, frequently with a factual or a plausible core wrapped in layers of false information or removed from its original context. \u201cIt is not as simple as saying that piece of information is true or false,\u201d she said, \u201cbut considering why it is being spread now, who is spreading it, and what is the intent for spreading it. That makes the challenge of identifying disinformation and removing malicious information a much different task than fact checking something as being true or false.\u201d \u201cMisinformation doesn\u2019t spread itself,\u201d Starbird said. \u201cWe spread it \u2014 \u2018we\u2019 being \u2018everybody who participates in information spaces.\u2019 And we, as humans, are particularly vulnerable to spreading misinformation during crises events like pandemics, due to the uncertainty of the information space\u201d and anxieties borne out of that vacuum. Source: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2020. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Addressing Health Misinformation with Health Literacy Strategies: Proceedings of a Workshop\u2014in Brief. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.17226\/26021<\/p>\n\n\n\n
3. Present one additional information- Misinformation, and – Disinformation For each definition, include the full hyperlink of your source (it can be the same \u2013 or different \u2013 source for each term above). How to address misinformation and disinformation is still very much evolving! The Office of the U.S. Surgeon General has developed and disseminated a toolkit for doing so. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
4. Copy and paste the following link into your browser and read through the entirety of the toolkit. (It is meant for everybody! This means that it is user-friendly and written with health literacy in mind.) https:\/\/www.hhs.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/health-misinformation-toolkit-english.pdf <\/p>\n\n\n\n
5. Once you have read through the toolkit, complete the following: a. Share five take-aways from the U.S. Surgeon General\u2019s Toolkit. Each take away you make will be a conclusion you\u2019ve reached or a key message that you learned from reading the Toolkit. b.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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