POLITICAL MISINFORMATION IN

THE DIGITAL AGE

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 Overview

What is political misinformation?

How can we curb Spread of misleading information?
Social media role in spread of disinformation.
Which articles can we rely on to curb the spread of fake news?
 Political misinformation
Political Misinformation is incorrect or misleading information presented as
fact, either intentionally or unintentionally.
It includes rumors that are information not attributed or based to any
particular source, and so are unreliable and often unverified, and untrusted
but can turn out to be either true or false.
 Description
Since political misinformation is a hot topic, many researchers have
written about it.
I chose peer-reviewed articles with a publication date between 2021 and
2022 to focus my search.
I selected social media platforms as the specialized medium for the
dissemination of bogus news. 
 Why political Misinformation?
Advances in technology has impacted the way misinformation is spread.
Because of misinformation, many social groupings in our society end up
severing their relationships.
 Since I think that roughly three-quarters of today's age has access to
social media, I chose it as the main channel for disseminating false
information.
 Keywords
The top 5 keywords were:
• Public
• Media
• Fact
• Technology
• Information
Just like the keywords I discovered in the 20 articles these keywords relate to
the main topic of my discussion which is spread of misinformation.
Understanding how to stop the transmission of false news while boosting
the dissemination of information from reliable sources during the
pandemic is the interesting thread I recently came across.
It seems to match perfectly in my article "Social Media Misinformation
and the Prevention of Political Instability and Mass Atrocities."
 Conclusion
The article I selected Efficiently
informed my research.
Misinformation has negative
impact to the society.
Researching on strategies to curb
it will be appreciated by the
community.