CMST 3HC3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Fake News, Imagined Community, Rein
20 Feb 2018
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Democrates were involved in something w these pizza places. Sex abuse rein and man went in w rifle to kill someone. All this was a fake story created and this man thought people were in danger. Allcott & gentzkow (2017) news articles that are intentionally and verifiably false, and could mislead readers. Why its a problem: general public pants, undermine real news, usually about hatred or fear towards groups creates bias, becomes hard to know what the real news is, could be dangerous feel cant trust news. Shared ritual of reading: aware of others. Monday, january 15, 2018: same time, different places. Publick occurrences both forreign and domestick,1690: first newspaper not that often but told about far away and colonies. Upper canada gazette, 1793: first in can gov funded. Canada constellation, 1798: first privately published. Remember: no trains or steamships, 90% farmers, one room home, hearths, 2-3 shirts/dresses. 1638: first printing press in north america.
