Media Literacy Expert: Disinformation Is Dangerous As It Contains A Nugget Of Truth.

Wednesday, 9 June 2021 10:32

Pandemic-related disinformation often rests on misinterpretation of data on death.

An expert in media literacy says disinformation is persuasive and attractive because it rests on a grain of truth.

Journalist, Lauren Boland, of TheJournal.ie, has conducted an analysis of the ways in which, for example, CSO data on deaths, has been used to spread misinformation or disinformation. Her work is available here

A disinformation professor at DCU says online misinformation often draws on "a grain of truth" - and then distorts it https://t.co/9xopKnF1Yt
— TheJournal.ie (@thejournal_ie) June 8, 2021

Dr. Eileen Culloty is a post-doctoral researchers at DCU's Institute of Further Media and Journalism.

She's also Vice Chair of Media Literacy Ireland and joined Ciara Noble on Wednesday's edition of Kildare Today.

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