Understanding Misinformation and Disinformation

What is the primary difference between misinformation and disinformation?

• The source of the information

• The intent behind spreading the information

• The medium used to spread the information

• The audience targeted by the information

During Stalin's era, what was a common method used to manipulate photographs?

• Digital editing

• Cropping

• Airbrushing

• Color correction

How has technology changed the way disinformation is created today compared to the 1930s?

• It is easier and requires less skill now

• It requires more expertise now

• It is less effective now

• It is more time-consuming now

What is one reason the crisis of bad information is worse today than in the past?

• The global reach of information is greater

• The information is less believable

• There are fewer sources of information

• The information is more expensive to produce

What was a significant disinformation campaign in the 1980s mentioned in the video?

• Vaccines cause autism

• The moon landing was faked

• The HIV virus was created by the CIA

• Climate change is a hoax