Misinformation Effect News Today

The more exposure to specific ideas and tropes that may be false claims, the more likely it is that this misinformation becomes understood as real.

(MURFREESBORO) Memory is not infallible and the next speaker at the newly renamed William Bass-Hugh Berryman Legends in Forensic Science Lectureship Series at Middle Tennessee State University will explain why. World-renowned psychologist Elizabeth Loftus will present, “Illusions of Memory: The Misinformation Effect and False Memory in Forensic Cases,” at 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 26, in the Student Union Ballroom, 1768 MTSU Blvd. The ...

Misinformation afoot

Issues that stem from both the writer as well as the reader

A new report released today by the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) calls for greater support and recognition for fact-checking efforts in Asia amid rising misinformation online and in social media. Launched ahead of International Fact-Checking Day on April 2, the report explores the state of fact-checking initiatives in five countries in the region, where religious and ethnic divisions, social polarisation, authoritarian politics, partisan media, and low media literacy create ferti...