SEARCHING FOR EVIDENCEIn this Assignment, you will conduct a library search for three peer-reviewedquantitativeresearch articles that provide preliminary evidence of a social problem that has current...

Paper 1
The flow of information is new digital era is free and effortlessly. There is potential for misinformation and disinformation to spread and impact individuals and societies. This requires focusing on understanding factors like modal richness, degree of information conveyed through visual medium and manipulative sophistication. It describes level of technical expertise used to alter visuals to influence effectiveness of disinformation campaigns. It includes employing traditional independent and dependent variable framework for research that explored range of interconnected factors. The approach allowed for better understanding of visual disinformation interaction with cognitive processes, potentially influence on belief, attitudes and behaviours. The authors examined processing differences and ways in which brains handle visual information compared to text. It results in psychological effects like increased memory encoding and stronger emotional responses. The review includes hypotheses that highlights potent influence of visual disinformation. The authors propose inherent processing advantages of visuals that is combined with ability to exploit existing cognitive biases and social heuristics (Weikmann & Lecheler, 2023). It is making them more readily accepted and shared compared to textual content. The study demonstrates powerful impact of visuals on cognition and behaviour for highlighting visual disinformation that can circumvent critical thinking and manipulate perceptions of individuals. The paper represents significant step forward in understanding unique challenges posed by visual disinformation. It includes providing comprehensive synthesis of existing knowledge and outlining robust research agenda. The work lays groundwork for future investigations aimed to mitigate harmful effects of emerging...