Misinformation Readings and Key Ideas

Question 1

Samuel Woolley: Understanding manufactured consensus

Answer 1

-By examining a case study of the BJP in Indian, Woolley investgiates what contributes to the spread of misinformation and how digital tools are leveraged to manufacture consense

Question 2

Jerit and Zhao: Political misinformation

Answer 2

Conducts a literature review and found that although there is extensive research on the psyhological origins of misinformation, recommendations for how to correct misinofrmatin are largely incoherent.

-discussion topics incude directional (emphasizes directional) vs accuracy motivations, what effects ability to correct misinofrmation and measurement issues

Question 3

Timmer: distraction, not partisanship drives sharing misinformation

Answer 3

People can typically identify misinformation accurately but often share it anyway due to inattention rather than strong partisan motives

Question 4

Krywko: people will share information that sparks moral outrage

Answer 4

People can often tell that the information is false but will share it anyways if it triggers moral outrage

Question 5

Herman Chomsky model

Answer 5

-argue that mass media engages in the manufactiring of consent
-includes five filters that explain how elite interests manipulate mass media