Misinformation About the 2024 Election. Spot it With These Tips

Lexington Herald-Leader

As explained by Yvonne Eadon, a professor of information science at UK, misinformation and disinformation often aim to tug on strong emotions, such as fear and anxiety, along with the public’s suspicion of powerful entities. “A lot of mis- and disinformation activates emotions, especially fear and anxiety, in conjunction with mistrust of powerful entities. Vaccine misinformation, for example, plays on fear of unknown substances in one’s body and (understandable) mistrust of pharmaceutical companies…”