Information validity and types of info
By Soren C & Radman Y
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What are they?Dis-information
Billy is sad
This is Jonny, Jonny really dislikes Billy at school because he thinks he is cooler than him.
Once the rumor has spread throughout the school, slowly and surely, Billy starts getting weird looks at school from his own friends.
One day, Jonny decides to spread a rumor. Jonny thinks that if he spreads a rumor about Billy, people will think Billy did something horrible, even though it never happened.
Definition!
Disinformation, arguably the most harmful, is the intentional spread of false information
Interpretation
Billy was the most kind and innocent child at his school, he would never fit in the category that Jonny described him as
However, Billy had no control over this rumor and ended up being affected by it the most
There are many types of disinformation, spreading harmful rumors is just one of them. In all cases, however, Disinformation is dangerous!
Mis-information
This is Timmy
Timmy loves the internet, so much so, that he writes blogs all the time about things he isn't familiar with
False info has been spread
Timmy publishes the blogs to his thousands of loyal followers on social media
His followers believe it all! They don't question a thing about the validity of timmy's blogs, and take this information as the full truth
Definition!
Misinformation is the unintentional spread of false information
Interpretation
Timmy did not know that the information on his blogs were false information
in return, Timmy has spread false information, without the intention of spreading it, to his thousands of followers
he didn't spend enough time researching and getting familiar with what he was about to publish
mal-information
In the end, she is now looked down upon by her own employees and even friends. All because of her faulty past being exaggerated with truthful stems
Here we have Sarina, she owns one of the most successful companies in the entire world. Wow!
Eventually, someone tracked this back to her, and she was called out, not only for the profanity filled graffiti, but also for other things like being a local school bully and a thief too
Sarina, in her childhood, was very mischievous. She would often create graffiti art with strong profanity