https://padlet.com/calrakestraw/caopo05jr2ht Fake News and Cultivation Theory en-us 2017-11-10 13:21:12 UTC 2025-10-10 14:08:16 UTC hello@padlet.com calrakestraw https://padlet.com/calrakestraw/caopo05jr2ht/wish/205673458 Cultivation theory examines the long-term effects of television. "The primary proposition of cultivation theory states that the more time people spend 'living' in the television world, the more likely they are to believe social reality aligns with reality portrayed on television." Under this umbrella, the images and ideological messages transmitted through popular television media heavily influence perceptions of the world.]]> 2017-11-10 13:22:06 UTC https://padlet.com/calrakestraw/caopo05jr2ht/wish/205673458 calrakestraw https://padlet.com/calrakestraw/caopo05jr2ht/wish/205676409 George Gerbner, former dean emeritus of the Annenburg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania and founder of the Cultural Environment Movement, stated that Schools and faith communities were the two acceptable storytellers outside of the home, and now TV has become part of the home and has become one of the biggest storytellers in history.]]> 2017-11-10 13:30:48 UTC https://padlet.com/calrakestraw/caopo05jr2ht/wish/205676409 calrakestraw https://padlet.com/calrakestraw/caopo05jr2ht/wish/205679452 2017-11-10 13:40:46 UTC https://padlet.com/calrakestraw/caopo05jr2ht/wish/205679452 calrakestraw https://padlet.com/calrakestraw/caopo05jr2ht/wish/205806335 2017-11-10 19:25:38 UTC https://padlet.com/calrakestraw/caopo05jr2ht/wish/205806335 calrakestraw https://padlet.com/calrakestraw/caopo05jr2ht/wish/206012034 As cultivation theory states, "The more time people spend 'living' in the television world, the more likely they are to believe social reality aligns with reality portrayed on television." Which means if people are listening to the news and believe in the fake news their view of the world is changed, and most likely for the worst.]]> 2017-11-12 18:06:00 UTC https://padlet.com/calrakestraw/caopo05jr2ht/wish/206012034 calrakestraw https://padlet.com/calrakestraw/caopo05jr2ht/wish/206012431 1. When reading an article or watching the news and you see a story that might seem fake look for other reports on the same subject and see what both sides of the story is. The truth is somewhere there in the middle.

2. When you see someone posting fake news on social media kindly and gently correct them and give them some facts/sources as to why they are spreading fake news. This helps prevent others in believing the fake news.

3. Finally don't believe everything you are told. That is if you are following rule 1 and thing something might seem wrong with what someone is saying/what you are reading seems wrong. ]]> 2017-11-12 18:09:12 UTC https://padlet.com/calrakestraw/caopo05jr2ht/wish/206012431