{"id":13582,"date":"2021-07-26T09:35:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-26T01:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rakansarawak.com\/v3\/?p=13582"},"modified":"2023-07-20T08:45:09","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T00:45:09","slug":"how-to-spot-misinformation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rakansarawak.com\/v3\/?p=13582","title":{"rendered":"How To Spot Misinformation?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In the rise of social media, we are often exposed to misinformation online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Misinformation is referring to information that is false or inaccurate, and is often spread widely with others, regardless of an intent to deceive. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thus, it can be sum up that misinformation come from telling false information that results from an honest mistake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A professor of psychology at the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom, Stephan Lewandowsky said, \u201cThe fundamental problem with misinformation is that once people have heard it, they tend to believe and act on it, even after it\u2019s been corrected,\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Schwarz identified five criteria that people use to decide whether information is true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They are compatibility with other known information, credibility of the source, whether others believe it, whether the information is internally consistent, and whether there is supporting evidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With so much disinformation spreading through social media, credibility of the story is very important.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to an article by Business Insider featuring Brian Southwell, who is an author<\/a>, social scientist, professor, and director at RTI International<\/a> (a non-profit research institute) if one come across information with the following characteristics, it is therefore should be considered as  suspicious:<\/p>\n\n\n\n