Rumors: Their Nature, Impact, and Remedies.

Which is the fastest thing to spread in this world? Let me give you a Hint. It is a six letter word and it starts and ends with the same alphabet, I think you got it. Yes, the word is “RUMOUR”. Rumours are the spice of life. Though this word seems simple and innocuous but at times it can prove to be disastrous. Rumors can be about anything, it can be about an individual, an organization, a state, an object or a country and surely it has the potential to deteriorate the image of a well to do person. A rumour usually starts with an innocent whisper. It could be spoken, printed, posted etc. Some are true and some are not, some are positive and some are negative, but negative rumours spreads more easily and briskly than the positive ones. In most cases the original fact is molded and twisted to make it more alluring and catchy. When someone is jealous of somebody, disappointed or angry he starts spreading fake news about him or sometimes it is only for fun but as soon as it starts to sprea...

  RUMOURS By - Anant Mathur   Currently in today's scenario the most dangerous weapon as well as illness in society is RUMOURS. It can be spread by anyone as well as can harm anyone, it is kind of a virus in the society which needs to be destroyed. Malicious rumors can result in real violence. They have always existed but ever since smartphones and platforms like WhatsApp and Twitter became ubiquitous, the reach and speed and impact of such rumors has grown exponentially. The spate of lynching's over child-lifting rumours is a notable example from recent years. For a city struggling to return to normalcy after communal rioting, malicious rumours threaten a relapse even as the embers are still smoldering. The whole world is on the edge as rumours spread rapidly about renewed violence in different parts across the globe But government are acting efficiently to put a lid on these rumours through social media posts and other measures. It was also a reminder that instead of draconi...

  Information is one of the most important and indisputable forces of our time. However, gaining this power is very difficult for many reasons. For example, you cannot receive and use information for satiation of certain needs and requirements or effectively access it to meet your needs. Those who can handle limited information face certain   problems such as   information overload and other related complications be them – psychological, physiological or others. As a result, they are   exposed to information pollution, given the role of individuals in this generation and dissemination of information, it may also be effective to understand the concept of information pollution. The general purpose of this study is to understand the individual's contribution   to   information pollution. The specific purpose of this article is to identify the main criteria that guide people who use social media effectively to believe in the accuracy of the   information t...

Rumors are a species under the genus of False Information, and by virtue of them being an element under the shade of false information, they do tend to have certain common characteristics, elements, notions etc. which are shared among all. Our primary intention here is to analyze the role of information pollution and how it greatly facilitates the perpetuation of rumors and how it tends to clad rumors (false information) with a veil which covers up the elements of inherent falsehood thereby deluding the reader to construe false information as true information. Information Pollution is a term which was coined somewhere in the 1900's but only gained its true fame after the publication of an article which was written by Jackob Nielsen in 2003. The term - “information pollution”, in itself is very wide and can not reasonably be narrowed down or complete explained in this article, but what we are determined to do is to make aware the reader of the far reaching consequences of the inform...

  RUMORS - Don’t believe everything you read—or everything you hear. Unverified but plausible-sounding rumors have been the basis for violent death and destruction throughout history, whether or not the stories had anything to do with the truth. Ever since the tragic death of Bollywood star  Sushant Singh Rajpu t , countless conspiracy theories and rumors have been circulating on social media. According to one such theory, a so-called "mystery girl" was spotted outside the late actor's building on the day of his death, viz. June 14. Now, model/actor  Shibani Dandekar , who some believe was that unknown woman, has broken her silence over it.   The tweet was - " This is NOT me nor is it Simone! Please fact check before you speculate .. This is his PR person Radhika Nihalani @radhikahuja and her assistant. Stop with the fake news! Enough! My silence doesn’t give you the right to continue spreading lies and hate." Responding to a since-deleted tweet, Shibani said t...