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Skip to Main ContentAccording to UNESCO's handbook Journalism: 'Fake News' and Disinformation "fake news" can be viewed as either one of three phenomena:
Source: Understanding Information Disorder (First Draft
Misinformation, Disinformation, and Malinformation are part of a wider concept known as "information disorder," which consists of 7 narratives that compete with truthful journalism. These narratives are:
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Besides being untrue, there are several real-world reasons to care about the dissemination of "fake news" (aka misinformation and disinformation). These reasons include: