Final real news vs fake news 2017

Final real news vs fake news 2017

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  “IS FAKE NEWSTHE NEW NEWS” NEWS IN THE TIMES OF POLITICS AND SOCIAL MEDIA By Adam Smith March 3rd 2017
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  HARD TRUTHS “The issueof “fake news” has become an urgent concern.” “Fake websites are making money and discredit their political opponents” “It is pushing the political agenda, while claiming to adhere to high standards of journalism “It is changing the way how we consume media” Reference: Canada Free Press 1. 2. 3. 4.
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  Photo Caption: The Guardian JillAbramson All False Statements involving Donald Trump
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  Photo Caption: The Guardian JillAbramson Kellyanne Conway: Don’t be so overly dramatic about it, Chuck. What ... You’re saying it’s a falsehood. Our press secretary, gave alternative facts to that. But the point remains ... Chuck Todd: Wait a minute ... alternative facts? Alternative facts? Four of the five facts he uttered were just not true. Look, alternative facts are not facts. They’re falsehoods. ALTERNATIVE FACTS?
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  Photo Caption: Donald J.TrumpVerified account @realDonaldTrump “Trump tweeted an image packed with racially loaded and incorrect murder statistics.”
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  Facebook and TwitterNews Use is on the Rise % of users who get news there 52% 63% 47 632013 2015 2013 2015 “59 percent of Twitter users said they follow breaking news on the platform, compared to just 31 percent of Facebook users who find breaking news there.” FACT
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  “These different waysof connecting with news have implications for how Americans learn about the world and their communities, and for how they take part in the democratic process,” Photo Caption: Amy Mitchell, Pew, Director of Journalism Research
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  “32% of Facebookerspost about politics and government, compared to 25% of tweeters.” “Facebook users are more likely to engage with political content than Twitter users” “61 percent of Americans born between 1981 and 1996 get their political news from Facebook in a given week.” BEHAVIORS
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  REAL-WORLD IMPACT OF JOURNALISM MEDIACONSUMPTION Photo Caption: CNN Twitter “Exploring how news consumption through social media can shape how people interact with, respond, and react to the news will be critical for news providers and others interested in advancing the real-world impact of journalism.”
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  Celebrity news ishighly dependent upon the services of the publicity and promotions industries FACTS Most news organizations are now choosing to compete on the basis of entertainment rather than information The redefinition of gossip as news, as it moves out of the social pages and onto the front pages 1. 2. 3.
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  Today we have magazinesthat present themselves as “news” magazines even when all they deal with is celebrity Photo Caption: People Magazine
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  “If the standard,but decreasingly valid, version of the production of news has seek out information that would otherwise be hidden and which the public needs to know, then celebrity news is probably the direct opposite to this” GOSSIP AS NEWS
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  Celebrity news reportersestablish their credibility by way of demonstrating the quality of their access to the sources of celebrity news, rather than by their capacity to deliver verifiable, evidence- based reports. THE RISE OF THE IMAGE Celebrity images speed the ability to reach a mass audience (2011:522) Photo Caption: People Entertainment Weekly
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  Just as inthe coverage of politics, much of this reporting is openly speculative and virtually free of any requirement to provide supporting evidence. STUDENTS AND SOCIAL NEWS
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  It is theiracknowledge distance from the facticity of news that actual makes what they do possible: no one is going to call them to account for making a wrong call because “getting it right” is not the point in this domain of news. It is the performance of the speculation, which invites a response – of further speculation – from the audience, that is the point. Serious attention to the more old-fashioned news format such as political current affairs declines, then celebrity news may well turn out to have played a significant role in displacing the population’s interest in traditional forms of news. (Couldry et al., 2007)
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  “Reading newspapers has notbeen a high priority for this group, nor has watching television newscasts” Sondermar, 2012; Pardun & Scott, 2004; Vidali, 2010 FACTS
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  Social media userstend to disseminate news items they find from online friends, but that they are more likely to do so if they indicate partisanship toward a specific political party or ideology FACTS
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  53% Participants reportedlearning about news stories first though social media 20% Face-to-face information from friends 8% Broadcast Television Radio How media college students first heard about news stories MEDIA CONSUMPTION
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  Our findings indicate thatthis group of students is not using their mobile/portable technology with intent of becoming better informed citizens FACTS
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  Students are notusing social media to confirm information they first through that same social medium. Our findings further support the realization that even when becoming aware of news via social media, these students are tuning largely to the other areas of the Internet for confirmation of that confirmation.
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  Many students maybe reading more news and not even know it; conversely, student may think they’re reading a lot of news when in fact it may be more gossip or entertainment oriented.
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  What would yourtrust? Real Facts Vs. Facts
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  REFERENCES: Nieman Lab Americans are gettingnews on Facebook Lichterman, Joseph Journalism Is celebrity news? News? Turner, Grame Electronic News Students and Social News: How college Students Share News Through Social Media Rosengrand, Dana and Mary Tucker – McLaughlin and Tim Brown Canada Free Press Where “Fakes News” Meets Real News Lichterman, Joseph PolitiFact All False Statements Involving Donald Trump Turner, Grame US Politics ”Alternative Facts” are just lies, whatever Kellyanne Conway claims Jill Abramson