JOURN 201 Lecture 24: Journ 201 week 9, 1
7 Jan 2019
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Today"s class plan: what is fake news, audiences" understanding of fake news, what is new about fake news, issues arising from fake news, the future of fake news. Onion article about rural whites preferring ahmadinejad to obama. Trump calling cnn fake news for not reporting good things about him. Fabricated stories mimicking news report for profit. Guy from another country putting fake u. s. news online to make money. Fabricated stories mimicking as news reports for political gains. Satire or parody: no intention to cause harm but has potential to fool. Misleading content: misleading use of information to frame an issue or individual. Fabricated content: new content is 100% false, disguised to deceive and do harm. False connection: when headlines, visuals or captions don"t support the content. False context: when genuine content is shared with false contextual information. Manipulated content: when genuine information or imagery is manipulated to deceive. Top five fake news was viewed more than top five real news.
