Zhila Aghajari
ABSTRACT
Prior work has acknowledged the significance of social and community oriented factors in the spread and impacts of misinformation. However, interventions have largely focused on individual pieces of false and misleading content as misinformation, de-emphasizing the role of community-oriented factors that are involved in and contribute to the broad impacts of misinformation. My dissertation highlights the consequences that arise from such an individualistic focus. To account for the broader scope of this misinformation and its impacts, it proposes adopting an ecological perspective to misinformation. Employing this perspective, my work examines the community-level impacts of misinformation, from shaping perceptions about online communities to shifting the way online communities interpret and respond to the world’s events. Indeed, understanding and accounting for such significant impacts of misinformation on online communities is important if we hope to address the broader, systemic nature of misinformation and its effects at the community level.
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- Adopting an Ecological Approach to Misinformation: Understanding the Broader Impacts on Online Communities
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