Governing Misinformation in Everyday Knowledge Commons

Madelyn R. Sanfilippo; Melissa G. Ocepek

doi:10.1017/9781009255165

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Madelyn R. Sanfilippo, University of Illinois School of Information Sciences, Melissa G. Ocepek, University of Illinois School of Information Sciences

Publisher:: Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:: March 2025
Print publication year:: 2025
Online ISBN:: 9781009255165
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009255165
Creative Commons:: This content is Open Access and distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/creativelicenses

Subjects:: Intellectual Property, Macroeconomics, Law, Film, Media, Mass Communication, Law and technology, science, communication, Media, Mass Communication
Series:: Cambridge Studies on Governing Knowledge Commons

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Governing Misinformation in Everyday Knowledge Commons delves into the complex issue of misinformation in our daily lives. The book synthesizes three scholarly traditions - everyday life, misinformation, and governing knowledge commons - to present 10 case studies of online and offline communities tackling diverse dilemmas regarding truth and information quality. The book highlights how communities manage issues of credibility, trust, and information quality continuously, to mitigate the impact of misinformation when possible. It also explores how social norms and intentional governance evolve to distinguish between problematic disinformation and little white lies. Through a coproduction of governance and (mis-)information, the book raises a set of ethical, economic, political, social, and technological questions that require systematic study and careful deliberation. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

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