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A Study on the Evolution Mechanism of Social Information Disorder From a Multidimensional Perspective: Taking the “Qin Lang Incident” as an Example

  • Su Xinyu ,
  • Zhang Haitao ,
  • Liu Yanhui ,
  • Zhang Chunlong
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  • 1 School of Business and Management, Jilin University, Changchun 130012;
    2 Centre for Information Resources Research, Jilin University, Changchun 130012;
    3 Institute of National Development and Security Research, Jilin University, Changchun 130012;
    4 School of Management Science and Information Engineering, Jilin University of Finance and Economics, Changchun 130117
Su Xinyu, Doctoral Candidate; Zhang Haitao, Professor, Doctoral Supervisor, Corresponding Author, E-mail: zhtinfo@126.com; Liu Yanhui, Lecturer, PhD; Zhang Chunlong, Doctoral Candidate.

Received date: 2024-04-01

  Revised date: 2024-06-26

  Online published: 2025-09-29

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This work is supported by the major project of the National Social Science Fund of China, titled “Research on Intelligent Decision-making Information System of Major Emergencies under the Holistic Approach to National Security” (Grant No. 20&ZD125).

Abstract

[Purpose/Significance] Focusing on the issue of information disorder, this paper takes the “new yellow journalism” as a micro-level case study, and clarifies the internal evolution mechanism of information disorder by the intersection of information science analysis with logic, sociology and psychology. [Method/Process] By establishing an evolutionary game matrix, a system dynamics model was constructed to conduct scenario simulation and sensitivity analysis of information disorder. [Result/Conclusion] This paper draws the following conclusions. ① From specific micro-level perspective, the components of information disorder need to be expanded. Information disorder has been expanded from false information, misleading information, and malicious information to four parts: false information, misleading information, malicious information, and seductive information. ②From a meso-level perspective, information disorder is not a unidirectional linear pattern influenced by oligopoly organizations, but a nonlinear, complex, and unstable state. ③ From a macro-level perspective, by exploring the evolutionary mechanism, the direct causes, indirect causes, triggers, and catalysts of information disorder refer to profit-driven motives, information bias, media dissemination, and public participation, respectively. This provides the support for the governance of information disorder in cyberspace.

Cite this article

Su Xinyu , Zhang Haitao , Liu Yanhui , Zhang Chunlong . A Study on the Evolution Mechanism of Social Information Disorder From a Multidimensional Perspective: Taking the “Qin Lang Incident” as an Example[J]. Library and Information Service, 2025 , 69(20) : 80 -94 . DOI: 10.13266/j.issn.0252-3116.2025.20.007

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