The infinite variety of misinformation, from mild interpretation errors to intentional lies, forms a measurable layer of the information environment. How can we classify and describe the numerous varieties of information that are not correct?

Obviously, conscious intent to deceive is a baseline variable, but- what else?
If “social constructionism” is the process used to uncover the ways in which individuals and groups participate in the creation of their perceived reality,  including the ways social phenomena are created, institutionalized, and made into tradition by humans, what is the name of the process which occurs when the perceived reality does not mesh with the facts?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flat_Earth_Society

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holocaust_denial