Madness and Misinformation
Abstract
Misinformation is getting the facts wrong, but disinformation is a deliberate attempt to manipulate reality for an immoral purpose. This chapter looks at journalism as an ethical discipline and its code of ethics, which attempts to promote information truthfully, and social media, which have no particular safeguards and may promote disinformation (sometimes for political purposes) with the intent of misleading. artificial intelligence (AI) is discussed in terms of how it might be used or misused. Propaganda as well as gaslighting is discussed as a means of social control. Interlude: Gaslighting the Shrew
Fields of Study & Subjects
Misinformation and Its Impacts
Journalism and Media Studies
Media Influence and Politics
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Routledge eBooks
- Pages
- 39–52
- Publication date
- 13 January 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Book chapter