disinformation or information
Disclaimer : I am sure a lot of other people may have got the same ideas that I will be writing about below. & I have nothing against anyone or any country.
The world is now called a global village .. news gets around faster than light (hyperbole).
what is information : Information according to my good old 8th standard/grade textbook is Data which is meaningful.
thanks to all the technology we have now .. anything that happens in one corner of the world is known to the rest of the world in a matter of minutes.
So think how easy it will be to spread a rumor ??? If you have some website which has a lot of viewers and you manage to post some false but shocking news on it .. a lot of people will believe that news and help spread it around too.
nowadays a lot of news reports needs to be taken with a lot of salt .. sensationalism is here to stay :( even a small mishap is blown up to an enormous accident.
what proof does the viewer have that the event ever occurred...
So a state of fear can be easily created by creating such news ... 'V' for Vendetta had a country whose top authorities had a channel which would spread disinformation to the citizens.. and this must be happening in real life in a lot of countries ruled by dictators.
I have a lot more opinions on this but nowadays a blog is considered to be enough proof to indicate that you are acting against someone ;-) ... so no more comments.
The world is now called a global village .. news gets around faster than light (hyperbole).
what is information : Information according to my good old 8th standard/grade textbook is Data which is meaningful.
thanks to all the technology we have now .. anything that happens in one corner of the world is known to the rest of the world in a matter of minutes.
So think how easy it will be to spread a rumor ??? If you have some website which has a lot of viewers and you manage to post some false but shocking news on it .. a lot of people will believe that news and help spread it around too.
nowadays a lot of news reports needs to be taken with a lot of salt .. sensationalism is here to stay :( even a small mishap is blown up to an enormous accident.
what proof does the viewer have that the event ever occurred...
So a state of fear can be easily created by creating such news ... 'V' for Vendetta had a country whose top authorities had a channel which would spread disinformation to the citizens.. and this must be happening in real life in a lot of countries ruled by dictators.
I have a lot more opinions on this but nowadays a blog is considered to be enough proof to indicate that you are acting against someone ;-) ... so no more comments.