To understand the dynamics and complexities of misinformation, it’s vital to understand three key distinctions — misinformation vs. disinformation, speech vs. action and mistaken belief vs. conviction — the University of Washington’s Center for an Informed Public’s five co-founders wrote in a newly published essay in Science Advances.
In “How do you solve a problem like misinformation?,” published Dec. 8, School of Law professor Ryan Calo, Information School senior principal research scientist Chris Coward, iSchool associate professor Emma S. Spiro, Human Centered Design & Engineering associate professor Kate Starbird and iSchool associate professor Jevin D. West, write that failing to recognize these distinctions can “lead to unproductive dead ends” while understanding them is “the first step toward recognizing misinformation and hopefully addressing it.”
- Read more in “How do you solve a problem like misinformation?” in Science Advances.
