Elizabeth Barrette (ysabetwordsmith) wrote,
Elizabeth Barrette
ysabetwordsmith
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Disinformation

Cybermind today included two gems about disinformation:

incestuous amplification n. The reinforcement of set beliefs among like-minded people, leading to miscalculations and errors in judgment.


collateral misinformation
When someone alters a [Wikipedia] article to win a specific argument, anyone who reads the false article before the "error" is corrected suffers from collateral misinformation.

I changed the scientific classification of red foxes last night in order to win an argument with Judy. I hope some stupid High School student didn't suffer from collateral misinformation.
Tags: cyberspace theory, vocabulary
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  • 2 comments
wyrmwwd

wyrmwwd

March 8 2008, 18:34:11 UTC 13 years ago

I think that those 2 terms are very descriptive of events that occur in religion (and, by that, I mean ALL religions, inclusive). Then they get cannonized into scripture.
reileen

reileen

March 8 2008, 23:19:11 UTC 13 years ago

Agreed with the commenter above me. I'd love to be able to use "incestuous amplification" in real life - that's a great phrase. XD