E01¶


Research	R0052 — Methodology Claims
Run	2026-03-31
Claim	C011
Source	SRC02
Evidence	SRC02-E01
Type	Factual

Original report defines the three-category taxonomy

URL: https://edoc.coe.int/en/media/7495-information-disorder-toward-an-interdisciplinary-framework-for-research-and-policy-making.html

Extract¶

The Council of Europe report by Wardle and Derakhshan (2017) identifies three types of information disorder based on falseness and harmful intent: misinformation, disinformation, and malinformation. The framework also identifies three phases (creation, production, distribution) and three elements (agent, message, interpreter).

Relevance to Hypotheses¶

Hypothesis	Relationship	Strength
H1	Supports	Confirms the claim
H2	Contradicts	No evidence for partial correctness
H3	Contradicts	Refutes material incorrectness

Context¶

Source is authoritative in its domain and directly addresses the claim.