darin
05-15-2018, 05:16 AM
No wonder and I am not shocked in the least. In this society of headlines rule information, people are more interested in being on the right side / early side of information rather than accuracy.
http://www.ibtimes.com/active-twitter-users-spread-misinformation-rumors-during-crises-study-finds-2680594
Jun Zhuang and Bairong Wang examined three different types of behavior by Twitter users — the spread of wrong information, seeking to confirm if the information was correct or not, and expressing doubt about the veracity of the information.
They found an overwhelming 85.86-91.4 percent Twitter users simply retweeted or liked the post containing misinformation, therefore spreading it. Between 5.39 and 9.37 percent of the users sought to confirm what they saw, while only 0.71-8.75 percent of Twitter users clearly expressed doubt at the information they saw.
However, the spread of misinformation didn’t end there. Even after some time had passed and the falsehoods had been proven to be wrong or mere rumors, only 2.94-10 percent of the rumor-mongers deleted their own misinformed tweets, while between 0 and 19.75 percent clarified the rumor with a new tweet. The majority, 78.13-97.06 percent of Twitter users, left the misinformation intact on their accounts, neither deleting the falsehood nor posting a clarification.
http://www.ibtimes.com/active-twitter-users-spread-misinformation-rumors-during-crises-study-finds-2680594
Jun Zhuang and Bairong Wang examined three different types of behavior by Twitter users — the spread of wrong information, seeking to confirm if the information was correct or not, and expressing doubt about the veracity of the information.
They found an overwhelming 85.86-91.4 percent Twitter users simply retweeted or liked the post containing misinformation, therefore spreading it. Between 5.39 and 9.37 percent of the users sought to confirm what they saw, while only 0.71-8.75 percent of Twitter users clearly expressed doubt at the information they saw.
However, the spread of misinformation didn’t end there. Even after some time had passed and the falsehoods had been proven to be wrong or mere rumors, only 2.94-10 percent of the rumor-mongers deleted their own misinformed tweets, while between 0 and 19.75 percent clarified the rumor with a new tweet. The majority, 78.13-97.06 percent of Twitter users, left the misinformation intact on their accounts, neither deleting the falsehood nor posting a clarification.