Social media is a revolutionary way to connect to friends and family through a single app much like Facebook. Also allowing the public to be more informed on current events whether that would be an issue in today 's society all the way to a heartwarming story or a funny video. Although this sounds amazing and the fact that this type of news outlet is practically new. An issue arises that involves “fake news” and with that comes many opinions on what to do about it. I believe that people browsing these platforms should have a little bit of skepticism behind each story and if it the topic truly intrigues someone then they should look into the topic on a reliable resource before passing on the authors misinformation.
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Facebook is slowly replacing the industry leading news stations like CNN, NBC and Fox News or in other words "the middleman" by directly connecting the public with the writer without the editor and publisher. Although that may have downsides most people seem to prefer it simply because it is not filtered on what a particular company wants to produce and gives less power to the major media companies that tend to sway people in a particular direction. To come up with a solution to the downside of Facebook comes many great ideas like creating an algorithm to spot unreliable news articles, or create a community that identifies misinformation for the benefit of everyone else, or creating a human team of journalist and policymakers that judges whether an article is factual. Although these theories have potential to be successful it is ultimately up to the viewer of the article to determine whether or not they want to research and confirm the information on the topic presented to them. Social media platforms have changed the way modern America perceives news forever with preferences to each profile and the ability to explore other types of information by entering a few keywords in a search bar is a method only a couple decades old and we should try to prevent from limiting this type of
Many turn to social or media throughout their day to gain insight on activities and event that is going on in the world. The media does not have to report the truth so individuals may gain untruthful information and a cloudy perception. Individuals tend to turn to the media to gain an opinion about someone or something.
Today everyone is on social media and there are a lot of things on social media that is fake news. Why people would put fake news on social media, no one knows. Maybe it’s just to get attention, but the author makes several arguments as to reasons why people pass along fake news stories and posts. The author convincingly reminds people that not everything one sees in the media is true.
Mass media were classically a buffer between the public and those with power and influence; however, social media has removed that buffer (Verdegem, D 'heer & Mechant, 2013). Part of social media’s importance is to allow a substantial amount of people to share information, much more so than was possible in the blogosphere (Bruns & Highfield, 2015). Both journalists and the public utilize social media as a method of sharing information and attempting to engage the audience (Bruns & Highfield, 2015). Social media further blurs the divisions between journalists and the public (Bruns & Highfield, 2015). In fact, social media to at least some degree puts everyone on relatively equal footing as it relates to sharing information, at least as it relates to the
Naturally, journalism would spill over to the Internet and as social media websites such as Twitter and Facebook grew in popularity, so did regular citizens involvement with sharing news. The argument can be made that the explosion of social media journalism was due to frustration from the lack of coverage of news that mattered to society. For example, the lack of subjective coverage of Michael Brown 's death helped with the creation of #BlackLivesMatter and spread of news related to African-American’s and other minorities across the country. After all, journalism is supposed to be a public forum. Millions of people on Twitter share their thoughts and opinions on several topics, furthering the conversation and to some degree challenging society. Things such as “Moments” on Twitter provide us with direct links and summaries to the world’s most important stories and encourage a conversation. According to journalism.org, 63% of users on Twitter and Facebook get their news from these websites. Even more eye opening is that 59% of users on Twitter keep up to date with news stories via Twitter while they are in the process of happening.[3] The rise of social media related journalism has caused some issues however. “Inevitably, as citizen involvement grows, more of our media culture is concerned with talking about news, instead of focusing on original reporting and the vetting of it.”[4] Because the general public has the ability to post as they wish and pass it off as news, it has affected the accuracy of many reports. Many stories lack reputable sources but are shared between millions as an accurate and true story. There are several websites designed to spread inaccurate information. The website www.fakenewswatch.com exists to inform people of these sites in order to avoid mishaps. Recently a Connecticut mom went viral for being involved in an online hoax
Humans desire the truth and nothing but the complete truth. Humans buy into anything if they want to believe it. Fake news and false information is nothing new, but with social media it has become more common and more dangerous. Before the 2016 presidential elections Russia began creating ‘troll farms’ intending to sway americans opinions and create havoc. Troll farming is affecting our society without people even realizing it and social media apps need to improve their efforts on banning these accounts.
No matter how amazing your product and business model are, they won’t lead you down a path to success (http://smallbusiness.chron.com/importance-marketing-success-business-589.html) if your target audience isn’t aware of what you offer. This is why marketing your products and/or services is so vital. Marketing has long been integral to business success, and marketing techniques have
Although that may be true, social media can help spread real news and that can help impact the economy. A report by the article Officials Urged to Take Care With Social Media wrote that the Dallas Police Department sent out a tweet saying that the Denver Broncos cornerback Aqib Talib was arrested for public intoxication. It turned out to be his brother that was arrested, not him. This incident shows that many mistakes like this one can be made on social media. This can cause embarrassment and many other things. (Bergal) Social media spreads false information faster than it needs to be. It makes false information a bigger problem. All that social media does when it comes to these kinds of things is make you believe things that are not true. The article Are Social Networking Sites Good for Our Society says that there have been about 50% of people on social media who have heard false news. There are many different ways that news can be spread on social media. One way is by teenagers. False information can even be spread by regular people. This can occur when someone posts something and then someone else reposts that and so on. It just keeps going and going until that post gets really popular. (“Are Social”) Fake news is not a good thing, and we should do whatever we can to help stop
This survey helped show me that although someone might not trust a site or article, they might read it anyways. Alyssa read most of her stuff off Facebook. She was aware that sometimes she read things that were unreliable. She also stated that others were very enlightening. This proves that social media articles can be good and bad, depending on the
Every time we access the internet, the first thing that catches our eyes is the headline news. But, some of these articles are not very accurate and give the reader the information that he or she would like to hear rather than what they actually need to know. According to a recent study by Pew Research survey, public perception of the accuracy of news stories is at its lowest level in more than two decades because people are getting their news from inaccurate sources; internet, blog...
The introduction of the internet to modern society has brought about a new age of information relation. Since there is no longer a need to wait until the next print day, news from all over the world is available at a person’s fingertips within hours or even minutes of the event. With this advent of such easily accessible information, new problems for the news media have also arisen. Aside from potentially losing good economic standing because newspapers are no longer being purchased in the quantities they used to be, the credibility of the information itself is also put into question. No one would argue that credibility of news sources is unimportant, but there is a discrepancy in what takes precedence; economy and speed or getting the information out correctly at the first publishing by taking the time to make sure all facts are checked. The importance of having a system of checks on all information submitted is paramount. People trust what they read and believe it to be so without always questioning. If all information were to not be checked thoroughly, there would be instances where people read an article only for information included to be wrong and they go on believing such information. This can be very dangerous as misinformed people make misinformed decisions. With an increase in errors being made by citizen bloggers and even major publications, many are worried that journalistic ethics and credibility in the news media are being sacrificed in order to maintain swiftness in the news circuit and to retain personal profits. Though getting information to the masses quickly is a major part of the media’s importance, this should not mean that the credibility of that information being presented should be sacrificed for it...
Fake News is constantly being written, permeating through television broadcasts, internet sites, and magazine articles. It seems that the amount of false news in the world is starting to overtake the amount of genuine information. This is indeed a problem, but not as much as people make it out to be. This is for a few reasons. Fake news is much like bacteria, there are both beneficial and harmful types of fake news. Beneficial fake news is usually
Facebook is the perfect social networking site. It connects you with people from all around the world. Family and friends can use it to keep in touch and share with each other. But now, it has become a dark place full of things that seem fake but are all too real.
Online journalism is a media with a mixture of internet, photographs, and videos. On the online articles, there are additional links for transparency, information that explain the articles and exchange different opinions on the internet (Humprecht and Esser 1). The problem of online journalism is that people cannot figure out if they are reading a real article or a tabloid. Katharine Viner, a Guardian writer, assets that people likely spread alternative facts without noticing. Also, she points out that news industries struggle to increase their profits. Technology advancement causes online stories to spread out and people overlook those fake facts without doubting. In order to solve this problem, online news must tell the truth (Humprecht and Frank 16), news industries need plans to maintain their position as news providers (Viner) and people need the skill to find which articles are true. I have chosen this topic because this is my area of interest. Journalism has changed its shape to assimilate with the digital world. Since I plan to major in journalism at university, I thought this
We live in a world that has become addicted and dedicated toward social media and it is driving America’s youth into the ground. Teenagers and adults are so wrapped up in social media that is runs their lives every day. Constantly people are checking their phones for the latest on social networks. They have to see pictures, tweets, statuses, comments, likes, and the list goes on and on. Social media is becoming the focus point in the modern American society that it is beginning to control people’s social skills, communication skills, and their livelihood.
These days, thanks to the invention of social media, we have become able to communicate with others easily without talking in person by posting and sharing our lives, interesting information and comments for the posts on the social media such as Facebook or Instagram. However, the problem is that although social media has made our lives more comfortable and enjoyable, it has become a serious issue in the contemporary world since it can be used as an effective means to spread the fake news easily and make a chance to manipulate people’s thoughts and opinions. In the articles, “Macron’s War on 'Fake News',” written by Yasmeen Serhan and “Fake Online News Spreads Through Social Echo Chambers,” written by Filippo Menczer, both Serhan and Menczer