Information Pollution

Noruzi, Alireza Information Pollution. Iranian Journal of Information processing and Management, 2000, vol. 15, n. 1&2, pp. 3-8. [Journal article (Paginated)]

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English abstract

The phenomenon of "information revolution" was increased with the development and expansion of the Internet and social networks. Internet censorship and control is impossible. Therefore, some people publish disinformation and misinformation to contaminate the information ecosystem and erode trust in the web environment (webvironment). On the other hand, information pollution contaminates the decision-making process and action. Information pollution particularly means the misrepresentation of wrong information. In other words, the elimination of the reliability, trustiness, exactitude, accuracy, correctness, integrity, quality, clarity, and validity of information due to the interference of inaccurate information is referred to as information pollution. The exponential growth of information resources creates new challenges for end-users. The correct information may be polluted by misinformation, disinformation, propaganda or incorrect information via the Internet and other media. This paper defines 'information pollution' as "the contamination of information by misinformation, disinformation, propaganda and incorrect information." The purpose of this paper is to present the methods of information pollution. It is concluded that it is sometimes difficult to distinguish between true and false information. Thus, users should be cautious.

Persian abstract

Item type:	Journal article (Paginated)
Keywords:	Information pollution, Information explosion, Misinformation, Disinformation, Propaganda, Incorrect information, Contamination of information
Subjects:	B. Information use and sociology of information > BA. Use and impact of information. L. Information technology and library technology > LC. Internet, including WWW.
Depositing user:	Dr. Alireza Noruzi
Date deposited:	26 Aug 2007
Last modified:	24 May 2021 16:41
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/10760/7265

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