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Blesson Thomas Sherry Sharifian GOVT. 2305-71432 30 Nov. 2017 Spotting Fake News Back in the old days, when individuals got their news primarily from magazines, radio, newspapers, and television. During this particular period, it was easy to detect on whether someone was pulling your leg. However, there has been the growth of fake stories and site due to increased usage of internet and social media. A lot of sites currently exist and they intentionally write fake news, amusing stories under the satire genre. Fake news has been there for sometimes now, and the news can currently reach a lot of people within a second via social media as compared to the use of Gmail that dominated before social media took over. 1 Not every misinformation being passed along online is complete fiction, though some of it. However, a lot of fake news sites deliberately try to pass themselves off as real by hiding their identity deep within their website. Other sites peddle false and salacious tales to drive …show more content…
A lot of fake news articles always state a obvious story without giving out the source. The get away with it since they are continuously bombarded with information. Individuals browse without paying attention to the source under cognitive constraints. Furthermore, when there is a source that has been given out, most of these articles classically fake expert technique (Mele, Nicco, et al.). A fake expert is an individual who seems professional but has no or little knowledge regarding the subject matter. Sometime the article might be able to articulate verifiable facts regarding the subject matter. However, the issue can be more understated, for instance, the factual fact can be presented out of context. If you can tell me something which appears concerning and you end up leaving out fact, the that context is satirical, the way the story will be interpreted will be different (Kiely &
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Blesson Thomas Sherry Sharifian GOVT. 2305-71432 30 Nov. 2017 Spotting Fake News Back in the old days, when individuals got their news primarily from magazines, radio, newspapers, and television. During this particular period, it was easy to detect on whether someone was pulling your leg. However, there has been the growth of fake stories and site due to increased usage of internet and social media. A lot of sites currently exist and they intentionally write fake news, amusing stories under the satire genre. Fake news has been there for sometimes now, and the news can currently reach a lot of people within a second via social media as compared to the use of Gmail that dominated before social media took over. 1 Not every misinformation being passed along online is complete fiction, though some of it. However, a lot of fake news sites deliberately try to pass themselves off as real by hiding their identity deep within their website. Other sites peddle false and salacious tales to drive …show more content…
A lot of fake news articles always state a obvious story without giving out the source. The get away with it since they are continuously bombarded with information. Individuals browse without paying attention to the source under cognitive constraints. Furthermore, when there is a source that has been given out, most of these articles classically fake expert technique (Mele, Nicco, et al.). A fake expert is an individual who seems professional but has no or little knowledge regarding the subject matter. Sometime the article might be able to articulate verifiable facts regarding the subject matter. However, the issue can be more understated, for instance, the factual fact can be presented out of context. If you can tell me something which appears concerning and you end up leaving out fact, the that context is satirical, the way the story will be interpreted will be different (Kiely &