Lecture 3 + Reading questions Flashcards
What is the difference between disinformation and misinformation?
Disinformation refers to false information that is intended to cause harm, while misinformation refers to false information that is not intended to cause harm.
How has social media changed the way disinformation is produced and spread?
Social media has made it easier to produce and distribute disinformation at high speed often in an anonymous way.
Why should we fight disinformation?
Disinformation endangers the accessibility of information for citizens.
What are the three measures to fight disinformation?
1) Legal measures
2) Technological measures
3) Educational measures
Give an example of a legal measure. Are they sure legal measures really work?
The EU implemented Code of Practice on Disinformation, required Facebook, Twitter to fight disinformation.
They are not sure if it really works.
Give an example of technological measure. And what is the fundamental issue with this measure?
Fact checking.
Who is going to decide on the criteria for determining the trustworthiness of online information: ‘the states, judges’?
How can educational measures help against disinformation?
With giving tools like ‘media literacy’ to citizens.
What is media literacy?
The ability to access, analyse, evaluate, and create media.
