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With the rise of social media, there has been
a need to address the topic of fake news. Misinformation has always been round,
but technology has allowed it to spread much more quickly than ever before. An article
on the research website CITS
delves into the steps many “fake news” creators take to seem legitimate and
draw in users. One of the steps mentioned in the article was for these fake
outlets to mimic the style of real news sites, the layout and design of fake
news websites are purposely designed to look as much like real news sites as
possible.” In a photo
on CBS News, a fake news website is exposed. It is a dupe of an ABC news
website, but it is evident that if someone were to hastily look through the
site, ignoring the inaccurate logo, it could be easily be mistaken for a real news
source. In an article
posted by NPR, a fake news creator was tracked down and shared with journalists
his reasons for creating it. The mastermind behind the fake news was a 40-year-old
man, with a family, who wanted to prove a point that people will believe anything
nowadays. You never know who will create fake news or whether it is intended to
bring awareness to the problem or to create chaos. Either way, misinformation
is a problem everyone can combat in their daily lives be learning how to spot
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Friday, June 21, 2019
Fake news With A Purpose
Christopher Blair, a publisher of fake news on social media site Facebook wants to show that no everything that is seen on the internet should be trusted, especially social media sites like Facebook. The lack of informed reader's online creates an embarrassingly amount of false perspectives on a topic. Blair states that, "Maybe, after people had been publicly embarrassed, they would think more critically about what they shared online." This is a great idea and one that is not really heard of- using fake news to allow the public to rethink what they believe and what they share on social media.
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Facebook All About Fake News
Christopher Blair writes fake news about Donald Trump and he is very smart about how he does so. His media outlet is Facebook. Blair knows that there are many different fake news outlets and therefore the perfect audience. "He had launched his new website on Facebook during the 2016 presidential campaign...", planning his debut perfectly. He utilizes Facebook as a leverage tool to influence a majority of politically uninformed readers. Facebook also allows his posts to be shared and spread throughout the community, therefore allowing for more exposure and a more expansive audience. This proves the great influence social media has on people's everyday life.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/fake-news-donald-trump-facebook-last-line-of-defense-conservatives-social-media-a8639981.html
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Why Do We Keep Sharing Fake News?
I think we’ve all experienced a time where a friend posted a
crazy, but seemingly believable video that captured our attention and we just
had to share it with others. But what is it about these videos and other
outrageous stories that suck people into sharing them? Washington Post writer
Geoffrey Fowler says fake news articles often “employ shots from real news
reports to make it seem just credible enough.” This misdirection is an attempt
to “invade our online privacy” by using spyware in some cases. The attempts are
often successful due to a lack of vetting by social media sites and encouragement
from those in our personal networks. Facebook, in particular, is working to
identify fake news with machine-learning software but ultimately believes its
role is providing context for these articles, not keep people from sharing
them. This context shows up as an alert on Facebook that additional information
is available. While this is a great concept, the system still struggles to
identify all fake news articles. For now, online users need to be vigilant when
reposting seemingly outrageous stories and videos. [1 image, 1 link, 2 quotations,
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Journalist in the Wild - Bob Woodruff
Robert
Warren "Bob" Woodruff is an American Journalist. He is known for
becoming co-anchor of ABC News World Tonight and for traveling around the world
to bring back news from North Korea to Afghanistan and Iraq. Before becoming a
journalist, he was an attorney, and soon realized that it was not his calling.
He was then hired as a translator for CBS News during the Tiananmen Square
uprising. On January 29, 2006, Woodruff was reporting on Iraqi security forces
and U.S. when the vehicle he was in was struck by a roadside bomb seriously
injuring him. A year and one month later, he made a comeback and returned to
ABC News. One of his quotes says "You've got to at some
point just stop dreaming of being exactly the way that you were, a lot of
moments in your life — or things that you're doing in your life — will be
better than they were before." All his dedication and hard work made an impact and his overseas reporting of the September 11 attack was part
of ABC News' coverage that was recognized with the Alfred I. DuPont Award and
as well as the George Foster Peabody Award. Those are the two highest honors in
broadcast journalism one can get. For all the investigation he had done in
traumatic brain injuries, he was also honored with another George Foster
Peabody Award. And from the 4 Emmy awards he has received; his most current
award was due to the reports on the horrific treatment of the Rohingya ethnic
group.
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https://abcnews.go.com/WNT/bob-woodruff-official-biography/story?id=127761
https://www.npr.org/2016/01/29/464755390/abcs-bob-woodruff-the-unexpected-life
How Have News Feeds Changed?
News feeds were originally created for people to use on a
desktop. You were supposed to use websites such as Facebook to scroll through your
friends post of their family or funny video they took of their kid. However now
Facebook has “1.86 billion monthly active users and the biggest driver in revenue
and user growth is on mobile.” With the advancement of technology people are
using their laptops or desktop computers less and using their cell phones more.
Also people are now ‘re-posting’ more instead of making original content. Facebook
has seen 21% decline of original content posted from 2015 to 2016. Facebook is
trying to get people to post by making half the screen a blank space to be able
to type and post in
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