Storytelling Dynamics and Misinformation: the Bad S-DIKW Framework

5 Pages Posted: 16 May 2023

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Kate McDowell

The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Date Written: April 5, 2023

Abstract

How do we know if a story is accurate or inaccurate, rational or exaggerated, correct or misleading, especially when an untrue story may be more gripping than the truth? Telling true stories, or truthful storytelling, requires a set of abilities for transforming data or information into story form, which can be related to various levels of the DIKW hierarchy.

Keywords: infodemic, infodemiology, misinformation, storytelling

Suggested Citation

McDowell, Kate, Storytelling Dynamics and Misinformation: the Bad S-DIKW Framework (April 5, 2023). Information Matters, Vol. 2, No. 4, 2023, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4450366 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4450366

Kate McDowell (Contact Author)

The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ( email )

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