In an age where TV views is decreasing and people not reading the newspaper, most of the population now gets their news from a different source the internet. In more specific terms Social Media, there are many social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat. Most of the population uses these social media platforms for work or for entertainment, but the matter of the problem is that since it is easy for news to get spread around in social media so would fake news. Fake news has been around for what it seems like forever. Social Media helps fake news spread because of how any user of a platform can just upload and share a fake news article without having any real source of material or having no type of credibility. The lack of a program that is able to detect whether a news article is fact or fiction is …show more content…
Meaning that fake news is meant to trick the readers into believing something false is real without the reader having a clue. Sheldon also states that “...the meaning of the term is often misused to refer to...propaganda, satire and even facts with which someone disagrees.”What Sheldon is talking about is that the term is being misused and being labeled as propaganda or satire, as Fake news is similar but different because fake news is completely fabricated while propaganda and satire could have truth in them. Fake news is made by unknown news outlets for the purpose of attracting readers for money. Sheldon brings up how most of the authors of fake news are from Eastern Europe and “are often anonymous or pseudonymous”, pseudonymous meaning that these authors write under a false
Many times readers lose interest in stories that they feel are not authentic. In addition, readers feel that fictitious novels and stories are for children and lack depth. Tim O’ Brien maintains that keeping readers of fiction entertained is a most daunting task, “The problem with unsuccessful stories is usually simple: they are boring, a consequence of the failure of imagination- to vividly imagine and to vividly render extraordinary human events, or sequences of events, is the hard-lifting, heavy-duty, day-by-day, unending labor of a fiction writer” (Tim O’ Brien 623). Tim O’ Brien’s “How to Tell a True War Story” examines the correlation between the real experiences of war and the art of storytelling. In O’Brien’s attempt to bridge the gap between fiction and non-fiction the narrator of the story uses language and acts of violence that may be offensive to some. However some readers agree that Tim O" Brien's "How to Tell a True War Story" would lack authenticity and power without the use of crude language and violence.
Another reason why people, especially publishers, might find fake news appealing is from the amount of money they can earn from something that is not true. In the first article, it states, “When you click or share a story, the person or company that created the site gets money. This money comes from advertisers who pay sites based on the number of views their ads get. That’s the point of shocking or outrageous headlines: to get you to click,” (Lewis, 11). This means that, for every outrageous news story that is clicked on, whether it is real or fake, it gets a lot of money. Anyone can become rich from starting a fake news business, and that is what many find appealing about the business. All in all, whether it be the thrill of telling a story, or doing it for the money, there are always people who are interested in the fake news
Perpetuating Fake News and The Consequences of It: A Textual Analysis of Stephanie Busari’s “How Fake News Does Real Harm”
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.
In the past media was stuck to a minimal format and stuck to the facts and the actual truth, with the spread of the internet media has grown larger and larger adding the factor of media bias and fake news. Now with the upcoming election going on the internet and news is focused on the candidates running and while it’s ethical for the people to know, there may also be fake news and misinformation about different candidates that may turn someone to a different political view. But while the election is in full swing, media bias in the news is affecting people’s opinions on political parties. Media bias is becoming more and more common, with common biases being slant, opinion as facts, and mudslinging. Social media is one of the biggest consumers
I think the “problem” that Garrett speaks about can easily be minimised by the knowledge that everything we see and read on facebook - and anything else online - will most likely not be the complete truth. As I have always been aware of this, I don’t think fake news online has fully grabbed my attention anyway, however according to the article, 44% of Americans get their news from facebook (and probably a larger amount rely on other forms of social media) I would assume that New Zealanders have a similar statistic to this, as most people see or hear things on social media before it will be on the TV or newspaper. I don’t believe that facebook needs to manage what posts are reliable or not (because it is only social media after all), readers just need to be aware that the majority of posts are opinion based and therefore won’t include the full truth or all the facts. It should be up to the readers to choose what sources they trust for genuine news compared to
Fake news has become more acceptable since it very easily spreads through the internet and this popularity makes it seem like a real story and it has become hard to detect because it is surrounded by a lot of falsehood that makes it look very credible for example fake accounts and retweets. Fake news is a great threat to our democracy. This is because democracy allows individuals to make their own views and choices based on the information they have. Fake news leads to misinformation and therefore causing individuals to make decisions on the basis of wrong information.
From the beginning days of the printing press to the always evolving internet of present day, the media has greatly evolved and changed over the years. No one can possibly overstate the influential power of the new media of television on the rest of the industry. Television continues to influence the media, which recently an era of comedic television shows that specialize in providing “fake news” has captivated. The groundbreaking The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and its spin-off The Colbert Report have successfully attracted the youth demographic and have become the new era’s leading political news source. By parodying news companies and satirizing the government, “fake news” has affected the media, the government, and its audience in such a way that Bill Moyers has claimed “you simply can’t understand American politics in the new millennium without The Daily Show,” that started it all (PBS).
The circulation of fake news on social media impacted now only they way social media conveyed information, but it impacted what people believed in. This study shows that fake news did play a factor in manipulating people during this 2016 presidential election since the majority of people who read this news believed what they were reading. In these
Multiple examples of all of these will be show in the piece Fake news has been fueled by social media. Back when people would use newspapers as their main form of news the majority of it would come from credible sources and would be true,
Many online authors just compile arguments filled with opinionated statements and slap an intriguing title on the article to draw in readers. Leading to fake news, these articles contain subject matters that many readers take to heart. Some articles are satirical; however, even satirical articles are taken seriously and many readers use this information to cause tensions between people that do not agree with their views. Fake news is dangerous because a society that does not take the time to distinguish what subsists factual from fictional remains biased and divided. This article entitled “Why cake is good for you,” and written by Nel Staveley, identifies as fake news due to its’ lack of sources, contains opinionated elements that indicate
Fake News was a popular term during the 2016 election particularly with then candidate Donald Trump. Its meaning changed when Donald Trump used the term to describe news outlets he disagreed with. He usually called out the press during the White House press conferences or on Twitter. During a press conference he was saying “You are fake news” to CNN’s Jim Acosta. He even tweeted that “Any negative polls are fake news….”
Formal news sources like ABC News and Washington Post rarely have fake news. Readers should be wary of bogus news websites (Peters,2017). Checking the wording on headlines is the other thing that should be looked at by an audience. Many headlines are just ‘clickbait’ to get the attention of readers. When a headline is very outrageous, it should be reconsidered.
“Fake News” on the other hand is slightly different than a “clickbait”. Before the 2016 election season started, fake news were news articles that are intended to be false, completely fabricated and misleading. Now, fake news has a complete different meaning. It’s now popularized by our current president, Donald Trump. He used the term “fake news” to dismiss coverage that is unsympathetic to him and his administration.
As a society , people have been accepting new as fact. If is on the news, its true, because the mainstream media have their people who 's job was to check if the source is reliable, but everyone who read the stories should know that the story may or may not be 100 percent accurate, just like the weather forecast. Citizen journalism are just as important as professional journalism, and in some case, its more. Its journalism that let the regular people to capture moments that happened around the world, of course the source came from a professional journalist, that 's what most people think, however, people don 't really know the importance of citizen journalism. The event captured by citizen journalist can be share on all sorts of social media such as Facebook, YouTube, twitter etc. before you know it. the message will be received by millions, this forms of journalism is how we keep up to date with what 's going on in the world quickly. An example of this is Osama bin Laden 's death, one of the biggest news in 2011, were reported by a local one day before Obama announced this news to the world . Twitter is also a key player of the social media, there are loads of news stories went on twitter before they do on mainstream