Ironically, there are misconceptions, about the misconceptions, about technology’s relationship with journalism.
Many conspiracies are shared in harsh whispers over a dying fire at summer camp, conjointly it is no surprise that with the rise of social media and the revolution of technology that people assume that these goose-bump-creating stores are shared at a much more rapid rate.
Whereas according to Jason E Uscinski’s article “Fake News Freakout” this is not the case. In this article he states: “Contrary to many people’s expectations, the internet does not appear to have made conspiracy thinking more common...our political and media elites are discussing conspiracy theories much more frequently. But that doesn’t mean people are believing them more than they did...” (Uscinski, “Fake News Freakout”). To boot, while conspiracy theories or fake news might be traveling faster than ever before, that does not mean that they are being accepted at a faster rate, too. For example, all of my friends could order mayonnaise on their cheeseburgers but I would not find it any less disgusting. The same thing goes for Facebook; members could be flooded with their friends’ opinions, but as long as those opinions do not line-up with their own, they most likely will not change their mind. …show more content…
Also in Uscinski’s “Fake News Fakeout” he says, “Just because something is posted somewhere doesn’t mean anyone cares...People don’t seek out conspiratorial or other dubious information on the web nearly as much as they do more mainstream news sources” (Uscinski, “Fake News Freakout”). For example, just because there are several recipes for homemade mayonnaise, I still will not like
Many conspiracies are shared in harsh whispers over a dying fire at summer camp, conjointly it is no surprise that with the rise of social media and the revolution of technology that people assume that these goose-bump-creating stores are shared at a much more rapid rate.
Whereas according to Jason E Uscinski’s article “Fake News Freakout” this is not the case. In this article he states: “Contrary to many people’s expectations, the internet does not appear to have made conspiracy thinking more common...our political and media elites are discussing conspiracy theories much more frequently. But that doesn’t mean people are believing them more than they did...” (Uscinski, “Fake News Freakout”). To boot, while conspiracy theories or fake news might be traveling faster than ever before, that does not mean that they are being accepted at a faster rate, too. For example, all of my friends could order mayonnaise on their cheeseburgers but I would not find it any less disgusting. The same thing goes for Facebook; members could be flooded with their friends’ opinions, but as long as those opinions do not line-up with their own, they most likely will not change their mind. …show more content…
Also in Uscinski’s “Fake News Fakeout” he says, “Just because something is posted somewhere doesn’t mean anyone cares...People don’t seek out conspiratorial or other dubious information on the web nearly as much as they do more mainstream news sources” (Uscinski, “Fake News Freakout”). For example, just because there are several recipes for homemade mayonnaise, I still will not like