Media Literacy Final Project by Mackenzie Beal https://padlet.com/mbeal11/4puw4vg697pazxhl The impact of fake news en-us 2021-04-07 15:05:28 UTC 2026-03-09 18:02:51 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f4f1.png mbeal11 https://padlet.com/mbeal11/4puw4vg697pazxhl/wish/1391877979 2021-04-07 15:09:25 UTC https://padlet.com/mbeal11/4puw4vg697pazxhl/wish/1391877979 mbeal11 https://padlet.com/mbeal11/4puw4vg697pazxhl/wish/1391879091 2021-04-07 15:09:38 UTC https://padlet.com/mbeal11/4puw4vg697pazxhl/wish/1391879091 mbeal11 https://padlet.com/mbeal11/4puw4vg697pazxhl/wish/1391880323  In the words of Katharine Graham, “truth and news are not the same thing.”]]> 2021-04-07 15:09:53 UTC https://padlet.com/mbeal11/4puw4vg697pazxhl/wish/1391880323 mbeal11 https://padlet.com/mbeal11/4puw4vg697pazxhl/wish/1391905853 2021-04-07 15:14:46 UTC https://padlet.com/mbeal11/4puw4vg697pazxhl/wish/1391905853 mbeal11 https://padlet.com/mbeal11/4puw4vg697pazxhl/wish/1391908610  Fake news is impactful because “misinformation disseminated through social media channels can have consequences for national politics and international relations” (Lee, 2018) as evidenced by the 2016 election and propaganda from other countries. ]]> 2021-04-07 15:15:18 UTC https://padlet.com/mbeal11/4puw4vg697pazxhl/wish/1391908610 mbeal11 https://padlet.com/mbeal11/4puw4vg697pazxhl/wish/1391909391 Social media acts as a conduit for fake news because “more than 40 percent of visits to 65 fake news sites come from social media” (Kurtzleben, 2018).]]> 2021-04-07 15:15:27 UTC https://padlet.com/mbeal11/4puw4vg697pazxhl/wish/1391909391 Algorithms Algorithms Algorithms Algorithms mbeal11 https://padlet.com/mbeal11/4puw4vg697pazxhl/wish/1391917976 2021-04-07 15:17:10 UTC https://padlet.com/mbeal11/4puw4vg697pazxhl/wish/1391917976 mbeal11 https://padlet.com/mbeal11/4puw4vg697pazxhl/wish/1391924933 Survey of 4,581 U.S. adults social media news consumption in 2018]]> 2021-04-07 15:18:32 UTC https://padlet.com/mbeal11/4puw4vg697pazxhl/wish/1391924933 Prevalence of the issue mbeal11 https://padlet.com/mbeal11/4puw4vg697pazxhl/wish/1391958915 2021-04-07 15:25:01 UTC https://padlet.com/mbeal11/4puw4vg697pazxhl/wish/1391958915 mbeal11 https://padlet.com/mbeal11/4puw4vg697pazxhl/wish/1391961574 2021-04-07 15:25:31 UTC https://padlet.com/mbeal11/4puw4vg697pazxhl/wish/1391961574 mbeal11 https://padlet.com/mbeal11/4puw4vg697pazxhl/wish/1391970079 2021-04-07 15:27:10 UTC https://padlet.com/mbeal11/4puw4vg697pazxhl/wish/1391970079 A successful democracy is dependent on an educated population! mbeal11 https://padlet.com/mbeal11/4puw4vg697pazxhl/wish/1391970690 2021-04-07 15:27:17 UTC https://padlet.com/mbeal11/4puw4vg697pazxhl/wish/1391970690 Education has the power to unite people, inform them, and move them on a forward trajectory mbeal11 https://padlet.com/mbeal11/4puw4vg697pazxhl/wish/1391974777 Establish better media literacy education in order to inform society of how to recognize and react in the face of fake news ]]> 2021-04-07 15:28:06 UTC https://padlet.com/mbeal11/4puw4vg697pazxhl/wish/1391974777 SOLUTION: Hold Social Media Platforms Accountable! mbeal11 https://padlet.com/mbeal11/4puw4vg697pazxhl/wish/1391991742 Work to improve both the platforms and the people who are consuming news on them
- Resources to upstream claims that users can easily manage 
- Monitor comments on fake news posts
- Explain and inform why a post is false versus just flagging the post
- Have accessible reliability scales on articles 

]]> 2021-04-07 15:31:17 UTC https://padlet.com/mbeal11/4puw4vg697pazxhl/wish/1391991742 The Social Dilemma mbeal11 https://padlet.com/mbeal11/4puw4vg697pazxhl/wish/1392009592 The documentary discussed how many of the people behind these technological advancements could not anticipate the harm they would bring to society but that does not mean they are not to blame. ]]> 2021-04-07 15:34:37 UTC https://padlet.com/mbeal11/4puw4vg697pazxhl/wish/1392009592 PROBLEM: Social media companies have a responsibility to produce news that offers more than one perspective mbeal11 https://padlet.com/mbeal11/4puw4vg697pazxhl/wish/1392021792 2021-04-07 15:37:00 UTC https://padlet.com/mbeal11/4puw4vg697pazxhl/wish/1392021792 PROBLEM: Minorities can be silenced and the most popular, most shared, and most powerful ideas shape the future regardless of whether they are “correct.” mbeal11 https://padlet.com/mbeal11/4puw4vg697pazxhl/wish/1392034228 2021-04-07 15:39:22 UTC https://padlet.com/mbeal11/4puw4vg697pazxhl/wish/1392034228 mbeal11 https://padlet.com/mbeal11/4puw4vg697pazxhl/wish/1392039027 2021-04-07 15:40:18 UTC https://padlet.com/mbeal11/4puw4vg697pazxhl/wish/1392039027 Having an algorithm determine the news consumption is dangerous territory. This is the case because fake news has the power to “shape discourse around people and policy” (Johnston, 2020). mbeal11 https://padlet.com/mbeal11/4puw4vg697pazxhl/wish/1392039877 2021-04-07 15:40:28 UTC https://padlet.com/mbeal11/4puw4vg697pazxhl/wish/1392039877 The screen is becoming the most "relevant" place for finding information mbeal11 https://padlet.com/mbeal11/4puw4vg697pazxhl/wish/1392062446 2021-04-07 15:44:54 UTC https://padlet.com/mbeal11/4puw4vg697pazxhl/wish/1392062446 mbeal11 https://padlet.com/mbeal11/4puw4vg697pazxhl/wish/1392066635 2021-04-07 15:45:44 UTC https://padlet.com/mbeal11/4puw4vg697pazxhl/wish/1392066635 Revenue > Truth mbeal11 https://padlet.com/mbeal11/4puw4vg697pazxhl/wish/1392080014 Advertising companies have noticed the shift to online news and have used it as a way to profit]]> 2021-04-07 15:48:18 UTC https://padlet.com/mbeal11/4puw4vg697pazxhl/wish/1392080014 mbeal11 https://padlet.com/mbeal11/4puw4vg697pazxhl/wish/1392094149 2021-04-07 15:51:14 UTC https://padlet.com/mbeal11/4puw4vg697pazxhl/wish/1392094149 CEO of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg in a speech to the joint senate committee in 2018: mbeal11 https://padlet.com/mbeal11/4puw4vg697pazxhl/wish/1400988419 Social media can be used for harm in the form of “fake news, foreign interference in elections, and hate speech, as well as developers and data privacy” (Kurtzleben, 2018). ]]> 2021-04-09 17:51:25 UTC https://padlet.com/mbeal11/4puw4vg697pazxhl/wish/1400988419 Audience impatience for quick news leaves little room for accuracy and fact-checking mbeal11 https://padlet.com/mbeal11/4puw4vg697pazxhl/wish/1401022269 2021-04-09 17:59:41 UTC https://padlet.com/mbeal11/4puw4vg697pazxhl/wish/1401022269 PROBLEM: Leads to an inability to think critically for oneself and be accepting of multiple perspectives mbeal11 https://padlet.com/mbeal11/4puw4vg697pazxhl/wish/1401030938 2021-04-09 18:01:53 UTC https://padlet.com/mbeal11/4puw4vg697pazxhl/wish/1401030938 Group mentality & confirmation bias! mbeal11 https://padlet.com/mbeal11/4puw4vg697pazxhl/wish/1401063970
  • REAL ISSUES THAT FUEL FAKE NEWS
    • ]]>     2021-04-09 18:10:27 UTC https://padlet.com/mbeal11/4puw4vg697pazxhl/wish/1401063970     mbeal11 https://padlet.com/mbeal11/4puw4vg697pazxhl/wish/1401068781 2021-04-09 18:11:47 UTC https://padlet.com/mbeal11/4puw4vg697pazxhl/wish/1401068781 “Conspiracy theories and other forms of misinformation spread unchecked due to our tendency to affiliate and identify with groups” which “is often amplified by social media” (Beasley). mbeal11 https://padlet.com/mbeal11/4puw4vg697pazxhl/wish/1401070805 2021-04-09 18:12:21 UTC https://padlet.com/mbeal11/4puw4vg697pazxhl/wish/1401070805 Echo Chambers mbeal11 https://padlet.com/mbeal11/4puw4vg697pazxhl/wish/1401077624 Social media posts often tag people in sources that share the same opinion as a previous read source and exclude opposing viewpoints (Lewandowsky et. al, 2012).]]> 2021-04-09 18:14:11 UTC https://padlet.com/mbeal11/4puw4vg697pazxhl/wish/1401077624 One research study found that “the actions of other users in the comment section of fake news articles significantly influences peoples’ attitude towards disinformation, as well as their intentions to comment and share the fake news” (Colliander, 2019) mbeal11 https://padlet.com/mbeal11/4puw4vg697pazxhl/wish/1401107270 Social media companies should monitor comments on fake news posts!]]> 2021-04-09 18:22:11 UTC https://padlet.com/mbeal11/4puw4vg697pazxhl/wish/1401107270 Endless Curiosity: The Science of Fake News YouTube video by Indiana University mbeal11 https://padlet.com/mbeal11/4puw4vg697pazxhl/wish/1401133453 2021-04-09 18:29:35 UTC https://padlet.com/mbeal11/4puw4vg697pazxhl/wish/1401133453 What Is Media Literacy?Media literacy is the concept of being “concerned with the creation, production, reading, communication and critical assessment of media and texts (Hagel, 2015)” (Johnston, 2020). mbeal11 https://padlet.com/mbeal11/4puw4vg697pazxhl/wish/1401137113 2021-04-09 18:30:38 UTC https://padlet.com/mbeal11/4puw4vg697pazxhl/wish/1401137113 mbeal11 https://padlet.com/mbeal11/4puw4vg697pazxhl/wish/1401143928 2021-04-09 18:32:40 UTC https://padlet.com/mbeal11/4puw4vg697pazxhl/wish/1401143928 mbeal11 https://padlet.com/mbeal11/4puw4vg697pazxhl/wish/1401150206 Improved media literacy programs are important because they encourage individuals to not just take a source at face value, but uncover where the source came from. One article states that it is “important for students to be able to evaluate claims than sources” because in order “to assess the veracity of a given source’s claims, students often have to consult other sources” (Gooblar 2020). ]]> 2021-04-09 18:34:34 UTC https://padlet.com/mbeal11/4puw4vg697pazxhl/wish/1401150206 “Adults, non digital natives, and older adults in particular, are a vulnerable population when it comes to online risks” (Lee, 2018). mbeal11 https://padlet.com/mbeal11/4puw4vg697pazxhl/wish/1401155699 For people who might not be able to access education as easily, social media platforms should consider providing users with resources to guide them in the process of upstreaming claims. Perhaps providing these self-guided fact-checking resources will allow people to feel some level of control so that they do not feel the media is “brainwashing” them and the content they engage in. ]]> 2021-04-09 18:36:10 UTC https://padlet.com/mbeal11/4puw4vg697pazxhl/wish/1401155699 Some limitations to consider mbeal11 https://padlet.com/mbeal11/4puw4vg697pazxhl/wish/1401167772 Not everyone will be willing to participate in the solution of educating themselves and/or utilizing services on social platforms that can aid in fact-checking. However, if improvements are made and awareness is raised the issue and spread of fake news can be lessened!]]> 2021-04-09 18:39:48 UTC https://padlet.com/mbeal11/4puw4vg697pazxhl/wish/1401167772 mbeal11 https://padlet.com/mbeal11/4puw4vg697pazxhl/wish/1401181599 2021-04-09 18:43:54 UTC https://padlet.com/mbeal11/4puw4vg697pazxhl/wish/1401181599 The Bias on News Resource mbeal11 https://padlet.com/mbeal11/4puw4vg697pazxhl/wish/1476147477 Media Bias Chart]]> 2021-04-29 23:02:30 UTC https://padlet.com/mbeal11/4puw4vg697pazxhl/wish/1476147477 The information we access affects our opinions! mbeal11 https://padlet.com/mbeal11/4puw4vg697pazxhl/wish/1476154309 2021-04-29 23:06:37 UTC https://padlet.com/mbeal11/4puw4vg697pazxhl/wish/1476154309