Research that had been done in mostly Latino community based on ideas of Fatalism to see how it affects public knowledge about health reviles the information overload and how it can lead to misinformation. With the help of survey author explore ways how internet and social medias affects our perception of information and how it can confuse the reader with its vast amount of data leading him into false information and thereafter development of unhealthy habits.
Reference:
Ramirez, Susana A. “Beyond Fatalism: Information Overload as a Mechanism to Understand Health Disparities.” ScienceDirect, ScienceDirect, 10 Dec. 2018, https://www-sciencedirect-com.citytech.ezproxy.cuny.edu/science/article/pii/S0277953618305720.
Graph that shows example based on Tweeter on how misinformation spreads about given topic based on views. Article explore the problems of current systems that social medias such as Twitter uses to deliver information and how it can have negative effect even though it is not intentional.
We can see how two differently written tweets about same event compares in number of retweets
Reference:
Meserole, Chris. “How Misinformation Spreads on Social Media-And What to Do about It.” Brookings, Brookings, 9 May 2018, https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2018/05/09/how-misinformation-spreads-on-social-media-and-what-to-do-about-it/.
