To Examine Misinformation, Disinformation And Malinformation Responsible For Information Disorder In The Society– A Pilot Study

Abstract

The change in information consumption behavior made common people vulnerable and exposed to “misinformation, disinformation and malinformation responsible for information disorder in the society”. This was served with 132 respondents in the district of Ahmadabad in Gujarat in India with the parameters of spreading of fake news, ways of checking the fake news, verification of authenticity, awareness about it, sharing the fake news, purpose to harm, stringent laws by government with the help of questionnaire and researcher conclude that abundance of information or news all across platforms accessible from anytime, anywhere allow humans to access not only accurate and factual news but also expose to vulnerability of being fed with deliberate false, half-truth political narratives or hateful way to mislead which are considered to be detrimental for a healthy democracy. The responses shows that a large number of population is already aware of fake news and consequences of spreading fake news if not curbed which is a good sign for a healthy democracy, but a sizable population also opines the need a stringent law by the government