Information Disorder

“Information disorder makes any health crisis more deadly. It slows down our response time on climate change. It undermines democracy. It creates a culture in which racist, ethnic, and gender attacks are seen as solutions, not problems. Today, mis- and disinformation have become a force multiplier for exacerbating our worst problems as a society. Hundreds of millions of people pay the price, every single day, for a world disordered by lies.”

—Katie Couric, Chris Krebs & Rashad Robinson, co-chairs, Commission on Information Disorder, “Final Report, 2021,” The Aspen Institute, November 2021.

• Editorial Comment: Can we handle the truth?

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Edward C. Pease, Ph.D.
Professor & Department Head Emeritus
Department of Journalism & Communication
Utah State University
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