An active process of attending and comprehending visual media such as television, advertising images, films, diagrams, symbols, photographs, videos, dramas, drawings, sculptures and paintings
Truth
The quality of being honest and not containing or telling any lie
Accuracy
The fact of being exact or correct
Types of Information Disorder
Satire/Parody
Misleading Content
Imposter Content
Fabricated Content
False Connection
False Context
Manipulated Content
Satire/Parody
Viewable texts that have no intention to cause harm but potential to fool people believing that it is true
Misleading Content
Misleading information to frame an issue or an individual. Examples: selection from a quote, or cropping a photo to frame an event in a particular way
Imposter Content
Genuine sources are impersonated. Example: the logo of a well-known brand is used alongside false content
Fabricated Content
New content is 100% false to deceive and to harm. New fake social media accounts are created to spread new and invented content from it
False Connection
Headlines, visuals, or captions that are not connected with the actual article
False Context
Old imagery is re-shared during a breaking news event, or old news articles are re-shared with the latest news
Manipulated Content
Genuine information or imagery is tampered with in some way to deceive
