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Ms. Saloni SainiAssistant Professor &Faculty Co-ordinatorMERI MirrorDEMYSTIFYING FAKE NEWSDURING PANDEMICUnder the unprecedented times of pandemic, wherein one strata of the society is strugglingfor livelihood and the other is safely cocooned in their houses, both sceptical about theirrespective futures, proliferation of misinformation has posed a considerable challenge. Thisis inevitable due to our sudden overdependence on the digital mode of informationconsumption. From news to classrooms, from meetings to Houseparty, from Ramayan toNetflix, the virtual media fanaticism has certainly taken over the real-world flow ofinformation, during the lockdown.Of late, certain terms like fake news, misinformation, disinformation, information disorder,misleading information, etc. are being super imposed in its day-to-day usage, ever since wehave started relying on WhatsApp, Facebook, Twitter and other social applications forseeking news and information. The common ground of these terms and our ill-knowledge ofits usage relies on the fact that they do not have the same meaning. Misinformation refers tofalse information, being spread without any such intention from the disseminator. S/he isunder the assumption of it being credible and accurate. Disinformation is the spread of falseinformation, with an intention from the disseminator. S/he does so in full awareness. Malinformationis based on reality, but used with an intention of harming aperson/community/organisation, etc. These three are what we call as fake news in laymanterm, which is an aspect of information disorder.As responsible and literate citizens of the country, it thus becomes our duty to check andrecheck facts and information before spreading them out of negligence and bigotry. Thesilver lining here lies in the piece of information itself. One should observe it minutely interms of content, language, format, source, mode, etc. If an element of doubt tags along, thenext step should be its verification. It can be through an authorized person or an organisation.Excising fingers over Google also does no harm, be it searching a selected section of thecontent body or adopting reverse image search. Thus, all it takes is a bit of alertness, effortsand time to demystify fake news and curb its repercussions.
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