Information disorder

1. THE
INFORMATION
DISORDER
B y : S i r J a c k
jason.maristela@deped.gov.ph

2. From the moment you wake up to the time you
fall asleep, you are, in one way or another,
exposed to all media you listed above, and
actually even more. Wherever you go, you see
and hear all forms of it, and you may even be
consuming media unconsciously. Unfortunately,
there is a sad reality about media and
information consumption in today’s society.
INFORMATION DISORDER refers to the many ways
our information environment is polluted–
content is fake, used out of context, or
weaponized to attack certain individuals or
groups of people. Understanding this landscape
is the first step towards better and responsible
use of media and information.

3. THE INFORMATION DISORDER
There are three categories of Information
Disorder:
Misinformation,
Disinformation, and
Mal-information.

4. 1.1. Misinformation – refers to information that is false,but the person sharing or disseminating it
unknowingly perceives it as something true.
A. False connection – when headlines or visuals do not support the content
B. Misleading content - by cropping photos or choosing quotes or statistics selectively Example of
MisleadingContent:
Punongbayan, JC. (2017, August5). Has the change really come? Misleading graphsand how to spot them. Retrieved from https://www.rappler.com/thought-
leaders/177731-duterte-change-fake-news-graphs-spot
At first glance, you might think that the murder and homicide cases have indeed tapered off in recent times.
But the line graph dipped at the end mainly because the data for 2016 was split into two periods: January to
June, and July 1 to August 3. Connecting yearly and monthly data in a single line graph is a big no-no, the
visual equivalent of comparing apples and oranges.

8. 3. Mal-information – refers to information that is
based on reality but is used to inflict harm
Examples:
A. Leaks to the press of private information for
personal or corporate interest (e.g., revenge porn)
B. Using a picture (e.g. of a dead child, with no
context or false context) in an effort to ignite hatred
of a particular ethnic group

9. Individual activity!
In your own words, explains
the differences of each
INFORMATION DISORDER.

10. For your attention !
THANK YOU
Hopefully, what we say can be
useful for all of you.