Spread of Misinformation Through Media by Mariel Padgett https://padlet.com/mpadget9/ztldim250y3p en-us 2018-11-02 02:36:33 UTC 2018-12-04 04:51:32 UTC hello@padlet.com Meserole, Christopher. “How Misinformation Spreads on Social Media-And What to Do about It.” Brookings, Brookings, 9 May 2018, www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2018/05/09/how-misinformation-spreads-on-social-media-and-what-to-do-about-it/. mpadget9 https://padlet.com/mpadget9/ztldim250y3p/wish/299659759 -Confirmation Bias, Relevance, Recency

-This article describes the way certain aspects of misinformation spreads through social media, as even if a post contains false information, if it has become popular (gained several likes, retweets, etc.) then it will gain more attention and will continue to spread. This article also highlights the effect of "confirmation bias" as people tend to read and spread information that confirms their current opinions.]]> 2018-11-02 03:09:49 UTC https://padlet.com/mpadget9/ztldim250y3p/wish/299659759 Ciampaglia, Giovanni Luca, et al. “Misinformation and Biases Infect Social Media, Both Intentionally and Accidentally.” The Conversation, 19 Sept. 2018, theconversation.com/misinformation-and-biases-infect-social-media-both-intentionally-and-accidentally-97148. mpadget9 https://padlet.com/mpadget9/ztldim250y3p/wish/299665047 -Echo Chambers, Bots, Social Bias

-Brings up different aspects of bias such as "bias in the brain," "bias in society," and "bias in the machine." Bias in society is when people only see posts from their friends who are typically posting with ideas of the same beliefs. Bias in the Machine occurs as people are shown information and links to stories that relate to what they have already been looking at which makes it difficult for people to learn new information and contributes to the spread of misinformation.]]> 2018-11-02 03:54:47 UTC https://padlet.com/mpadget9/ztldim250y3p/wish/299665047 Lazer, David M. J., et al. “The Science of Fake News.” Science, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 9 Mar. 2018, science.sciencemag.org/content/359/6380/1094. mpadget9 https://padlet.com/mpadget9/ztldim250y3p/wish/299761247 -Social bots greatly influence spread of false information
Familiarity bias- people remember a story and their emotions but forget the context of which the found the information]]> 2018-11-02 13:14:10 UTC https://padlet.com/mpadget9/ztldim250y3p/wish/299761247 Nyhan, Brendan, and Jason Reifler. “Displacing Misinformation about Events: An Experimental Test of Causal Corrections | Journal of Experimental Political Science.” Cambridge Core, Cambridge University Press, 1 Apr. 2015, www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-experimental-political-science/article/div-classtitledisplacing-misinformation-about-events-an-experimental-test-of-causal-correctionsdiv/69550AB61F4E3F7C2CD03532FC740D05. mpadget9 https://padlet.com/mpadget9/ztldim250y3p/wish/299764463 -experiment on false information influencing beliefs even after it is proved to be wrong ]]> 2018-11-02 13:20:35 UTC https://padlet.com/mpadget9/ztldim250y3p/wish/299764463 Zubiaga, Arkaitz, et al. “Analysing How People Orient to and Spread Rumours in Social Media by Looking at Conversational Threads.” PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0150989. mpadget9 https://padlet.com/mpadget9/ztldim250y3p/wish/299766654 Effect of social media on spread of misinformation, how it occurs ]]> 2018-11-02 13:25:10 UTC https://padlet.com/mpadget9/ztldim250y3p/wish/299766654 Rubin, Victoria L., et al. “Deception Detection for News: Three Types of Fakes.” Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, Wiley-Blackwell, 24 Feb. 2016, onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/pra2.2015.145052010083. mpadget9 https://padlet.com/mpadget9/ztldim250y3p/wish/299768533 2018-11-02 13:28:47 UTC https://padlet.com/mpadget9/ztldim250y3p/wish/299768533 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/fake-news-spreads-faster-and-deeper-verified-stories-180968443/ mpadget9 https://padlet.com/mpadget9/ztldim250y3p/wish/309632050 2018-11-30 03:19:18 UTC https://padlet.com/mpadget9/ztldim250y3p/wish/309632050 https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-the-misinformation-effect-2795353 mpadget9 https://padlet.com/mpadget9/ztldim250y3p/wish/309637674 2018-11-30 04:01:19 UTC https://padlet.com/mpadget9/ztldim250y3p/wish/309637674 NYU Center for Data Science. “The State of Disinformation on Social Media – Center for Data Science – Medium.” Medium.com, Medium, 23 Apr. 2018, medium.com/center-for-data-science/the-state-of-disinformation-on-social-media-397d3c30f56a-What disinformation is mpadget9 https://padlet.com/mpadget9/ztldim250y3p/wish/310720053
-How it occurs on social media and the effects ]]> 2018-12-04 02:17:05 UTC https://padlet.com/mpadget9/ztldim250y3p/wish/310720053