Understanding and fighting disinformation and fake news: Towards an information behavior framework

Current efforts to fight misinformation, disinformation, and fake news have been isolated and inadequate. Most models of information behavior deal with information, and not misinformation or disinformation per se. We seek to disambiguate the phenomenon by clarifying terms and highlighting efforts towards fighting fake news. Building upon Karlova and Fisher's, Information Research, 2013, 18, 1–17 model, we propose a new information behavior framework. It should guide practitioners and researchers in library and information science and beyond, and other stakeholders in understanding the phenomenon, and fighting against it.