The Negative Effects Of Social Media

“Fake news,” like Pravda during Soviet Russia times, was used in the election to deliberately sway the political views of the voters and increase the support of one party’s side. During the election, “phony articles concerning candidates…emerged…this fake news boosted the image of…Donald Trump…” (“Fake News”). "Phony articles” or “fake news” on social media affected the candidates’ images, thus making voters more likely to vote for one candidate over the other. “Fake news” can be dangerous in spreading unreliable information and planting false accusations about a candidate in the minds of the voters. In 2016, a fake news story was leaked about Hillary Clinton that led to a shooting in a pizzeria,“Incidents such as this demonstrate how potentially dangerous fake news can be and how difficult it is to distinguish…”(“Fake News”). “Fake news” can cause people to abandon their initial beliefs about a person, like a political candidate, and align with the opposing side, destroying a person’s career over counterfeit media. "Fake news” is propaganda used to change people’s way of thinking, like both Pravda and Squealer’s role on The Farm. All of these methods of propaganda were substantial resources in changing people’s minds and feeding thoughts into their minds. They can be dangerous if they are not identified as being false or exaggerated, and can

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.

Most people around the world consider search engines as their main source for a resolution yet during this phase, maximum amount of people forget that Fake News still exists. The increasing use of social media in our lives has made critical thinking unnecessary to the extent where censorship of Fake News is required.

A recent study conducted at Stanford found out that 82 percent of students cannot tell the difference between fake and real news (Crook). This is a major problem because it can affect people’s careers and even sway election results. Fake news occurs when hoax websites report false news. False news stories are reported every day and are being spread all over the internet. This is a huge dilemma in today’s world because “62 percent of the U.S. adults get their majority of news from social media …” (Crook). This type of news spreads so easily because people share outrageous stories without actually reading the story to realize it is false. Former president

In today’s society there are hundreds of different news articles written everyday. Sometimes it may be hard to determine the truth from what is fake. A news article by John Stossel called “Fake News, Misleading News, Click-Bait and the Media’s Biases” attempts to address the meaning of the controversy of what ‘fake news’ really is. After reading the article it can be concluded that the news is divided, doesn’t focus on what is important, and is a money driven industry.

In the past few years, fake information has flooded our society through news channels and social media. It has fooled many people into believing information that is false. Being fooled by fake information can be prevented by researching the topic, checking the source and comparing information with other sources. To begin, researching the topic will give the reader a better understanding of the information being read. Which, in turn, will prevent the reader from being fooled by the fake news. Not to mention, checking the source is key when researching information. If the source is unreliable, then it would make sense for the information the source provides to be unreliable. Another great way to look for fake information is to compare the information

The meaning of fake news appears intuitive; news accounts that are false. However, it has evolved over the years. For example, in the political realm, “fake news” is a tactic used to discredit opponents; if it flies against your agenda, it is fake news. While no one political party is immune from trying to play the game, real life consequences result from it as it hinders people’s ability to obtain the truth.

In “To Fix Fake News, (November 29, 2016), technology writer and researcher Alexandra Samuel discusses why the internet is not responsible for fake news and argues that yellow journalism is a historical form of fake news. She supports her claim by comparing yellow journalism of the past to fake news the present, describing fake news has affected on people, and discussing how fake news and the internet ruined everything. Some people think the internet causes the fake news, however she does not think so. Because it exists before the internet has existed. Yellow Journalism which had a large circulation with the fake news which was written exaggeratedly was published and read by many people. For example, it is said that this yellow journalism caused the Spanish- American War. Though it is said that the fake news was made by the development of the Internet, fake news are always interesting for citizens in that it is attractive. As the change of time, readers of yellow journalism had decreased, for they did not trust it anymore. The evidence for her claim are a lot quotation and historical evidences. Fake news can be fixed the same way as Yellow journalism. The solution for this problem is not to

The definition of fake news has changed significantly in recent years. X defined it as (definition) but in more recent years it’s meaning has pivoted, perhaps most widespread by the 2016 US general election; it now applies to hoaxes and misinformation, aimed to mislead (says who?) more of which will be discussed later in this work.

During his speech at the Energy Department on June 29th, the President of the United States, Donald J. Trump attacked CNN on its news “about decades-old fears the U.S. was running out of oil, saying ‘it was fake’” (Fabian). The phrase “fake news” has become a common phase in every news about President Trump. Since his inauguration, the president has called several media, including NBC, ABC, CBS, and The New York Times, fake (Stossel). Fake news has a strong impact on our lives, misleading us in a certain way. It is also widespread, as “the internet has provided a low-cost distribution channel for fake news” (Rouse). This brings up the debate of to what extent we encounter fake news in our lives. John Stossel has an answer to this in his article “Fake News”. Through his connection with the audience along with his use of language and logical examples, Stossel effectively persuades his conservative American audience that fake news is prevalent in an unprecedented manner.

The use of “fake news” has been rapidly increasing over the past several years, as politics have been the forefront of discussion. Millions of Americans use Facebook, Twitter and other social media platforms to view current news updates which can be considered a “recipe for disaster”. Retrieving the credibility of information on social media is progressively more difficult due to the increase of news sources. In addition, news has been turned into a parody for several imitators of “journalists”, including Jon Stewart of The Daily Show and Stephen Colbert of The Colbert Report. Fake news is a problem in American journalism as social media spreads fake news rapidly and imitators of "journalists" do not abide by the moral obligations that real journalists follow. To further support how fake news is problematic in today’s American journalism, I will briefly define fake news and how it has rapidly spread through social media. Then through extensive research, I will discuss how social media and imitators of journalists exploit real news, which can have a negative impact on today’s society.

The news is an important factor in society. For getting information and knowledge from root to grass level, news has always played an important part in human life. Along with the development of news and its method of passing information from one place to other, social media has been playing a very crucial role because of its development, portability, and easiness. Presently, the development of news and sophisticated social media had given birth to “Fake news” which has a great impact among groups of people to the flourished rule named as a democracy.

Fake news has been around for many years in a form of rumors, scandals, or gossip. But, in recent years, the definition of fake news transformed to media play. Mainstream media outlets deliberately manipulate their readers to achieve a personal goal, and the perception of news sites has gotten a bad review from the public due to massive alternative facts. Typically, sites send out sensational stories for readers to open their advertised page, then it creates revenue through internet traffic. During, the presidential election in 2016, many accused candidate Donald Trump for using fake news strategy to win the election. Social media sites made it easier for fake news to attract many readers over actual facts. Ultimately, the widespread of fake news has a domination on today’s politics because mainstream sites post a deceive and unreliable stories to change people’s mindset. As a result, people started to question whether if reports are true or not.

Many participants can’t tell the difference between real or fake news articles and will conclude that it is real because it was posted on a frequently used website like Facebook or Twitter. Fake news is a cynical and destructive phenomenon that threatens democracy. By misinforming the electorate, it contributes to political extremism and the polarization of the public. Internet companies have a responsibility to crack down on the problem. Historian (Neal Gabler) wrote on billmoyers.com in November 2016. "And because a democracy relies on truth—which is why dystopian writers have always described how future oligarchs need to undermine it—fake news is an assault on democracy as well."Deceptive news compromises our healthy, empathetic, intelligent society. Democracy relies on truth and fake news is casting doubts on all facets of information. This behavior is causing fear and confusion among viewers and has destroyed reputations of innocent people, countless times.

The advancement of technology in today’s world has bring a huge different in media industry, news has been transformed and are able to be viewed on multiple platforms. Online news has be the trend for public now (How Americans get their news, 2014), especially the youngster, because news are update instantly and is accessible anywhere, anytime. However, there are drawbacks to this convenient way of publishing and receiving news; ethics, reliability, and credibility of media has been questioned by the public (Wadley, n.d.). American 's trust on media dropped back to the lowest point which is 40 percent last year (McCarthy, 2014). In addition, tabloids are on almost every paper, media should or should not take on the