Governing Misinformation in Everyday Knowledge Commons

Madelyn R. Sanfilippo, Melissa G. Ocepek

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Year: 2025
• eBook ISBN: 9781009255172
• Topic: Law
• Subtopic: Law Theory & Practice
• Index: Law

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.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-title
• Series information
• Title page
• Imprints page
• Table of Contents
• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• List of Contributors
• Acknowledgments
• 1 Introduction: Governing Everyday Misinformation
• 2 Storytelling and/as Misinformation: Storytelling Dynamics and Narrative Structures for Three Cases of COVID-19 Viral Misinformation
• 3 It’s Not (All) about the Information: The Role of Cognition in Creating and Sustaining False Beliefs
• 4 Information Hazing: An Examination through Computer Science Education
• 5 Common Nonsense about Password Security and the Expert–Layperson Knowledge Gap
• 6 Hacks, Fakes, and Hot Takes: Moderating ‘‘Bad Actors’’ on Google Maps Local Guides Platform
• 7 The Human Infrastructure of Misinformation: A Case Study of Brazil’s Heteromated Labor
• 8 Hidden Virality and the Everyday Burden of Correcting WhatsApp Mis- and Disinformation
• 9 ‘‘Do Your Own Research’’: Everyday Misinformation and Conspiracy in Online Information Worlds
• 10 How to Manage Issues on Twitter: Perspectives from Twitter Users Concerned about Mis/Dis-Information
• 11 Accepting and Expecting Deception: Community Governance of False, Fabricated, Omitted, and Out of Context Claims on Instagram
• 12 Co-constructing Misinformation and Community: Some Conclusions