The Long And Brutal History Of Fake News

Social media news and magazines are brainwashing students: many people would say this actual worldwide effect on todays' society! Especially, author Camila Domonoske would agree, who published, “ Students Have 'Dismaying' Inability To Tell Fake News From Real, Study Finds” she argues and illustrates there is a “ fake news crisis” and that teens are allegedly the most affected by what is true in the news today. Domonoske’s sources are put together without adding personal opinions in her article, which can be considered “ bias” and not reliable to some readers. Her article is supported strongly to readers with informing the readers of several sources, abundant amount proven facts, statistics and using a creative writing strategy such as logos throughout her argument to appeal her readers.

"There are few things as cocksure as a college student who has never been out in the real world, and people my age always seem to overestimate the value of their time and knowledge." (Braaksma, 17)

The main point of this article is about showing that American college students are sheltered on certain subjects and how it is affecting not only themselves, but their academic career as well as their peers who depend on them. The main type of argument used in this article is Evaluation Argument. An example is because Lukianoff points out that students were doing a demonstration on why microaggressions were offensive. The students had to stop because the demonstration was causing students to trigger.

The article The Coddling of the American Mind by Greg Haidt and Jonathan Lukianoff is an article that hosts a wide variety of information which is very up to date and relates well to young minds. The article states many important topics relating to colleges and universities and the way that they have chosen to protect their students from the world outside of their campuses. It was also shown that students are upset due to the many small things, which lead to them becoming too emotional. Case studies throughout the article relate exceptionally well to all of the topics covered in the beginning of the article. This article was written to inform its audience about a new topic that is huge on college campuses today.

The perpetuation of misinformation can be very difficult to correct and may have lasting effects even after it is discredited. For instance, if an audience is reliant on the information provided by the media to make an informative decision about a topic involving their morals, the validity of the author’s claims will determine the mass majority of their decisions they make in the future. As a result, false information may continue to influence beliefs and attitudes even after being debunked if it is not replaced by an alternate causal explanation.

College is the number one opportunity to pursue higher education for a living wage, therefore it should prepare students for the work force, relationships, and every other factor about the “real world”. One article by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt entitled The Coddling of the American Mind sheds light on how indulging students sensitivities can actually be impeding them from a higher education. Lukianoff and Haidt use many convincing examples that demonstrate the ever growing paranoia and general mental illness that’s growing in our young college students, and the techniques that can be used to combat it instead of fueling the fire of sensitivity. In the article Lukianoff and Haidt ask what these policies pertain, if students are really benefiting from these restrictions, and how schools shouldn 't be expected to prosecute and protect.

Stories sometimes are true and sometimes they are false but it is up to the public to believe in what is right and what is wrong. In this day and age, where information is available at the touch of a mouse, it’s not surprising that the media is a particularly dominant and powerful

Thesis: Dissemination of news through social media allows for rapid distribution and incredible accessibility, but can lead to decreased understanding, stifled discussion, and even the propagation of fake news stories.

Christiane Amanpour aimed to inform the audience about the state of journalism due to fake news and persuade the viewers to dig for and focus on the truth in the information they find. The Tedtalk’s audience were journalist and those who consume information, because it provides advice for current journalists. It, also, speaks to those who consume information, because Amanpour describes sifting through information and hearing both sides. Amanpour’s Tedtalk is relevant to academic composition because writers must find sources that are reliable and objective enough to support their argument without adding bias to the essay. Also, as consumers of information, our goal should be to find the truth in every piece of information we read. We need to

Under these circumstances, many high school and college students are not able to think for themselves and are being fed information from schools and news media day in and day out whether it's true or not. For example, Tim Walker, author of Who Stands Between Fake News and Students? Educators writes, “Regardless of their age or socioeconomic status, students across-the-board demonstrated a troubling inability to weed out unreliable information”. Students are not being taught how to tell if the information being learned in at home and in school is reliable. In addition, students even struggle to grasp the concept that even the news they are exposed to at home can be misleading.

Although good health is generally the norm in emerging adulthood, “low birthrate, under-nutrition in infancy and rapid weight gain in early childhood tend to result in shorter height, reduced body-functioning and higher risks of disease (Berger, 2014, p. 394). Fertility is still an optimal level as it always was, however families are being started almost a decade later than they used to. Emerging adults are riskier and have more accidents, however, due to their overall good healthy, they are usually discharged from the hospital rather quickly. In sports, the thrill overwhelms reason (Berger, 2014, p. 398). Drug and alcohol abuse are exciting in emerging adults, reaching it’s peak attraction during college and declining sharply around age 20. A fifth state of though that would follow Piaget’s four stages of thought is called postformal thought. Post formal tinkers take a more flexible and comprehensive approach, using forethought, noting difficulties and anticipating problems, not denying, avoiding or procrastinating, (Berger, 2014, p. 400). Stereotype threat, which is the possibility that one’s appearance or behavior will be misread to confirm another persons’ over simplified, prejudice attitudes, can be a real problem on emerging adults who apply to and attend college. “College attendance is rapidly increasing in developing nations, as it is apparent that tertiary education improves health productivity and income.” (Berger, 2014, p. 408). During emerging adulthood, an

In today’s society, remaining connected and knowledgeable of current events and the newest trends is vital to staying ahead in business, education, and social standing. This information is supplied to everyone through the internet, newspapers, television, and radio. One can tune into stations such as CNN, NBC, Fox News, Al-Jazeera, and many others (“SQs of Media Outlets”). In order to meet the needs of viewers, readers, and listeners, the ideal media system would contain accurate, quick information, with a purely impartial view on the facts as they are known. However, this modern media system has not maintained an objective view, pushing opinionated and slanted reporting onto the population in order to create profit and gain customers. The exploitation of information media for personal gain has created a toxic and inaccurate present, constant in today’s society.

The Internet has led to creation of fake news, which has affected politics in the United States. First, fake news is not a new problem plaguing society; this kind of news has been around before. Anti Semitics used rumors and outlandish claims, fake news, to spread misinformation about Jewish people. A Politico article titles “The Long and Brutal History of Fake News” said this about the spreading of misinformation about the Jews, “Today, historians have catalogued the fake stories of child-murdering, blood-drinking Jews, which have existed since the 12th century as part of the foundation of anti-Semitism” (Soll). As many of us know these lies about Jews have had a devastating effect on the Jewish community. An additional example of fake news

Hour by hour minute by minute the media blinds us with propaganda and manipulates us into believing a biased opinion. People see this everyday with tabloids and the media. They lie to us with one sided opinions in politics for a quick buck and they lure people away from the truth. America needs to start thinking for themselves and stop letting the media control their lives. The media is creating filters and providing fake news on important situations in the world. And Americans need to wake up and solve this

According to Statistics Canada (2016), 59 percent of Canadians use the internet to stay updated with weekly news and events. Social media platforms are the main carriers of this news information. A grave concern currently shared amongst Canadian politicians and the government is the impact of Canadian citizens consuming news media from these digital networking sites. The 2016 American election was disturbed by incorrect information that was shared amongst citizens over the web. This spread of inaccurate information is known as “fake” news. In the context of this reflection paper, I define “fake” news as: “a fictitious report relating to current events which is fabricated, and often titled misleadingly with the deliberate purpose of