Why is misinformation spreading?
Why is misinformation spreading?
Coronavirus is a new infection disease. Some people can get cure by their immunity but elder people can not (World health Organization n.d.).
To sell or promote - “Twitter users attempt to ‘link-bait’ on Twitter by flooding popular topics with content in order to obtain more viewers for their own tweets and/or Web links”. (Vidal-Alaball, Downing & Seguí 2020, p.8)
Confirmation bias - “Conspiracy theories offer an emotionally satisfying narrative, even if it’s not a true narrative” – Colin Klein (ABC 2020, para. 9)
No faith in a corrupt system - “Conspiracy theories overlook the pervasive unintended consequences of political and social action; they assume that all consequences must have been intended by someone”
(Sunstein & Vermeule 2015 p. 6)
We are scared - “All of us have that tendency to want to connect to people around things that make us unique, one thing we know is human beings feel very threatened when we feel that identify being taken away” – Joe Pierre (Behind the Curve 2018)
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