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With the country in the state that it is in, discussing fake news is vital to comprehending real news.
As everyday Facebookers and cell phone users, we need to utilize the amount of information we have at our fingertips to recognize fake news and educate those around us the dangers of fake news.
The quicker we learn about bias and what our own individual biases are, the faster we can ask questions and see other's points of views. Thus, beginning to look to more reliable news outlets for quality information.
For example, a man hearing about women's rights or issues needs to realize that this world and even this country still has a lot of patriarchy going on today. We as people need to be more understanding and see things from the other's perspectives to eliminate bias in situations.
This ties into fake news, bias is a key player in yellow journalism.
As Professor Quinn mentioned in class, the "Pizzagate Scandal" was ignorance that stemmed from fake news. The Comet Ping Pong story was about a man who went into a children-friendly restaurant and fired off a rifle because he read online that the basement housed children who were being held against their will and forced to commit sexual acts hosted by Hillary Clinton and "powerful Democrats." Now how would the Democratic presidential candidate pull that off without it coming out? I'll tell you, it wouldn't happen.
NPR touches on fake news using a high school teacher as subject which I have included below. She tried to teach her students that there are ways to fact check and ways to avoid falling victim to this crazy type of journalism which is spreading like wildfire. Fake News Antidote: Teaching Children to Discern Fact and Fiction. This teacher is dedicated to preventing her students from falling victim to fake news.
The key to resisting is be educated. We need to educate our youth and this will bring up a better generation. If America started with middle and high school students and reevaluated their curriculum as a nation we can slowly stop falling victim to this old tactic journalists have been using that is beginning to make its way back mainstream.
The key to resisting is be educated. We need to educate our youth and this will bring up a better generation. If America started with middle and high school students and reevaluated their curriculum as a nation we can slowly stop falling victim to this old tactic journalists have been using that is beginning to make its way back mainstream.
Hi Jeremy,
ReplyDeleteThe site you provided through the link was very informative. I think the main thing is to be able to detect fake news and stay away from reading it at all. If you know a story is definitely not true, based on the criteria for detecting it, then there is no point reading. In terms of the biased tone, that will actually depend on the belief of the reader. Like you said about the patriarchy, I think America is so developed that the patriarchy system doesn't exist. There is instead, equality but then, it all depends on how each person looks at issues and interpret them. I like the points you raised.
I like the fact that you point to those who are directly affected by issues in the news to get good information in the news. I just recently saw an image from President Trump's meeting on healthcare with U.S. Congressmen (see http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/23/politics/mike-pence-patty-murray-photo/).
ReplyDeleteThe message can be relayed ad nauseum--but what will it actually take for people to armor themselves against fake news? Personally being affected?