An empirically supported taxonomy of misinformation

• Main Authors: CHONG, Mark, CHOY, Murphy
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2020
• Subjects: Fake news; newspapers; misinformation; taxonomy; Business and Corporate Communications; Communication; Communication Technology and New Media
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/6544; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/7543/viewcontent/An_Empirically_Supported_Taxonomy_of_Misinformation_av.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Fake news, which includes both disinformation and misinformation, has been a challenge for many countries in the last few years. Disinformation has been present in modern history as part of the tool kit of PSYOPS for the military. Likewise, misinformation has been part of human history for a long ti...