Misinformation V/S Disinformation: The Role of Social Media

Misinformation can nevertheless affect behaviour and memory, even if it is later retracted. They have an emotional connection to the content they read or listen to. People may be more likely to believe false information. Social media's significance in connecting large numbers of individuals and their information at one time, has made information easily accessible to society at any time. Technology advancements have changed how individuals share information and how false information spreads. The dissemination of false information affects society's capacity for knowledge acquisition, which in turn affects our communities, political systems, and medical field. Disinformation is intentionally false information disseminated to mislead people. It is occasionally mistaken for disinformation, which is intentional falsity. The Latin prefix dis- is applied to information to create the English word disinformation, which means "reversal or removal of information." The impact of false information cannot be be reversed by merely delivering the updated information; in fact, doing so could backfire. When false information is repeated before it is corrected, thought to originate from a reliable source, or occurs when there is a delay between the release of false information and the correcting message, they will be less effective. Furthermore, rectification communications disseminated by the original disinformation source are typically more successful.