Mis- and Disinformation
Network
Science
Science
From Publics
to Networked Counterpublics
to Networked Counterpublics
Psychology of Communication
100
This general term describes information that is incorrect, whether on purpose or accident
What is misinformation?
100
When attitudes, beliefs, or behaviors spread through a social network, they are said to be what?
What is socially contagious?
100
A Habermasian view of "publics" would expect the most retweeted accounts to have this property
What is a large number of followers?
100
The tendency to not disagree with (perceived) majority opinions is known as what?
What is the Spiral of Silence?
200
This term describes misinformation which is intentionally misleading and malicious in nature
What is disinformation?
200
This term describes the ability to get tangible and intangible resources from one's social network
What is social capital?
200
This communication theory brings together theories of counterpublics and networked publics
What is networked counterpublics?
200
This effect is named after a movie star who garnered unwanted attention precisely because she tried to get information removed from the public eye
What is the Streisand effect?
300
While technically forms of misinformation, satire and parody are not considered what?
What is disinformation?
(Why not?)
300
"Birds of a feather flock together" is the quintessential expression for this phenomenon
What is homophily?
300
This term describes the most central actors in a social network
What is "core"?
300
When attempts at correction reinforce a person's view, this is known as what?
What is the backfire effect?
400
This image is an example of what?
What is cultural jamming?
400
In a retweet network, the "nodes" are typically what?
What are people or Twitter accounts?
400
This term describes actors at the outer edges of a social network
What is "periphery"?
400
These two types of social comparison may occur frequently on social media
What are upward comparison and downward comparison?
500
This form of disinformation involves making people feel like they are going crazy by continually denying their reality.
What is gaslighting?
500
Public health is more than the aggregate of individual health. Rather, it is best understood as this.
What is collective health?
(Network approaches are important because the whole is more than the sum of its parts)
500
Users in this position in a social network can play an important role in amplifying key content
What is the periphery?
500
This term describes the "move fast and break things" approach of many tech companies
What is an "engineering mindset"?