Misinformation Matters

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This book answers questions such as What is ‘misinformation’? Why does it matter? How does it spread on the internet, especially on social media platforms? What can we do to counteract its worst effects? The solution the authors provide to the growing dilemma of misinformation is informed by Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus and Claude Shannon’s Information Quantity Theory. The book ends with a ‘Wittgensteinian’ approach to information quality, defining content published online by clarifying the propositions and claims made within it. The authors’ practical, easy-to-use model allows users to effectively analyse the quality of trending content.