Information misbehaviour: modelling the motivations for the creation, acceptance and dissemination of misinformation
Journal: Journal of Documentation
Year: 2022

Purpose Misinformation is a significant phenomenon in today's world: the purpose of this paper is to explore the motivations behind the creation and use of misinformation. Design/methodology/approach A literature review was undertaken, covering the English and Russian language sources. Content analysis was used to identify the different kinds of motivation relating to the stages of creating and communicating misinformation. The authors applied Schutz's analysis of motivational types. Findings Th