Disinformation: The Use of False Information. Fetzer, J. H. Minds & Machines, 14(2):231–240, May, 2004. ![Disinformation: The Use of False Information [link]](https://bibbase.org/img/filetypes/link.svg "link")
Paper abstract bibtex The distinction between misinformation and disinformation becomes especially important in political, editorial, and advertising contexts, where sources may make deliberate efforts to mislead, deceive, or confuse an audience in order to promote their personal, religious, or ideological objectives. The difference consists in having an agenda. It thus bears comparison with lying, because “lies” are assertions that are false, that are known to be false, and that are asserted with the intention to mislead, deceive, or confuse. One context in which disinformation abounds is the study of the death of JFK, which I know from more than a decade of personal research experience. Here I reflect on that experience and advance a preliminary “theory of disinformation” that is intended to stimulate thinking on this increasingly important subject. Five kinds of disinformation are distinguished and exemplified by real life cases I have encountered. It follows that the story you are about to read is true.
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title = {Disinformation: {The} {Use} of {False} {Information}},
volume = {14},
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abstract = {The distinction between misinformation and disinformation becomes especially important in political, editorial, and advertising contexts, where sources may make deliberate efforts to mislead, deceive, or confuse an audience in order to promote their personal, religious, or ideological objectives. The difference consists in having an agenda. It thus bears comparison with lying, because “lies” are assertions that are false, that are known to be false, and that are asserted with the intention to mislead, deceive, or confuse. One context in which disinformation abounds is the study of the death of JFK, which I know from more than a decade of personal research experience. Here I reflect on that experience and advance a preliminary “theory of disinformation” that is intended to stimulate thinking on this increasingly important subject. Five kinds of disinformation are distinguished and exemplified by real life cases I have encountered. It follows that the story you are about to read is true.},
number = {2},
urldate = {2018-05-28},
journal = {Minds \& Machines},
author = {Fetzer, James H.},
month = may,
year = {2004},
keywords = {Assassination Science, DECEPTION, EXPERIENCE, GOAL (Psychology), INFORMATION theory, INTELLIGENCE service, JFK, Murder in Dealey Plaza, THANATOLOGY, The Warren Report, assassination, disinformation, fabricated evidence, misinformation},
pages = {231--240}
}
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