https://padlet.com/robertchrapek/tm6fjowwohed Made with a little mischief en-us 2018-04-01 06:32:41 UTC 2026-02-26 07:06:10 UTC hello@padlet.com robertchrapek https://padlet.com/robertchrapek/tm6fjowwohed/wish/247645784 My topic for our social media curation assignment is fake news and the ways it is spread across social media. Fake news can come in many different forms from death hoax's , attacks between political parties to discredit the opposing party, and bending the truth in many other news events to mislead people into believing a lie.]]> 2018-04-01 06:44:53 UTC https://padlet.com/robertchrapek/tm6fjowwohed/wish/247645784 robertchrapek https://padlet.com/robertchrapek/tm6fjowwohed/wish/247646245 Here is a video on social media companies that have decided to combat fake news because it has become a huge problem. With the large audience that social media platforms have, fake news can definitely impact a good number of that audience who may believe what they read without researching real facts. Platforms like facebook, Twitter and google plan to fight against it because sometimes fake news can damage things like Political elections by swaying votes due to misinforming people.

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W. (2016, November 16). Retrieved April 02, 2018, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=7&v=NSS0ePRc1AE ]]> 2018-04-01 07:01:01 UTC https://padlet.com/robertchrapek/tm6fjowwohed/wish/247646245 robertchrapek https://padlet.com/robertchrapek/tm6fjowwohed/wish/247646601 Some people create pages on social media platforms like facebook to attract people that are like minded and hopefully new comers to sway them into their view. This happens a lot towards political parties and a good portion of time people post opinionated/ nonfactual information to discredit a political party.

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Kathleen Wynne for Prison. (n.d.). Retrieved April 02, 2018, from https://www.facebook.com/ImprisonWyne/]]> 2018-04-01 07:11:28 UTC https://padlet.com/robertchrapek/tm6fjowwohed/wish/247646601 robertchrapek https://padlet.com/robertchrapek/tm6fjowwohed/wish/247679361 Some people have a twisted sense of humour and decide to post material online claiming that certain celebrities have died. The targeted celebrity is always alive and well but, this fake death news will have a large audience of social media users believing otherwise. This news article from BBC talks about one of the recent death hoax's that targeted Sylvester Stallone.

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Sylvester Stallone 'still punching' despite death hoax. (2018, February 20). Retrieved April 02, 2018, from http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43130898 ]]> 2018-04-01 16:32:51 UTC https://padlet.com/robertchrapek/tm6fjowwohed/wish/247679361 robertchrapek https://padlet.com/robertchrapek/tm6fjowwohed/wish/247680820 Everyone has a preference when it comes to a political party but, some people will do anything to gain an advantage for their party by severely discrediting and slandering other parties. Here is a Twitter blog showing the type of fake news people will post that is definitely untrue to sway people to their parties side.

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[Web log post]. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://twitter.com/blogTO/status/978276786751623171/photo/1 ]]> 2018-04-01 16:47:41 UTC https://padlet.com/robertchrapek/tm6fjowwohed/wish/247680820 robertchrapek https://padlet.com/robertchrapek/tm6fjowwohed/wish/247681451 Here is a link to a great definition of fake news provided by Wikipedia.

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Fake news. (2018, April 01). Retrieved April 02, 2018, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fake_news ]]> 2018-04-01 16:54:14 UTC https://padlet.com/robertchrapek/tm6fjowwohed/wish/247681451 robertchrapek https://padlet.com/robertchrapek/tm6fjowwohed/wish/247682113 A funny picture that relates to the topic using a character that looks like Pinocchio to illustrate fake news is filled with lies. In addition an article that adds more to the topic on how fake news has evolved through time.

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[Web log post]. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/millennials-unplugged-road-from-fake-real-news-bob-pearson ]]> 2018-04-01 16:56:45 UTC https://padlet.com/robertchrapek/tm6fjowwohed/wish/247682113 robertchrapek https://padlet.com/robertchrapek/tm6fjowwohed/wish/247694530 Sometimes from social media platforms like Facebook we get a link  to articles in which are fake, here is a good list of ways to help you determine if the news is real or not. These interesting were provided by Wikihow.com.

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How to Spot Fake News Sites. (2018, February 26). Retrieved April 02, 2018, from https://m.wikihow.com/Spot-Fake-News-Sites ]]> 2018-04-01 19:42:05 UTC https://padlet.com/robertchrapek/tm6fjowwohed/wish/247694530 robertchrapek https://padlet.com/robertchrapek/tm6fjowwohed/wish/247702259 This article posted by NBC news on google talks about how fake news is spread 6 times faster than real news and the multiple reasons why this happens. Sometimes fake news spread unintentionally from people who take what the see on social media as the truth and share it on their Facebook or Twitter, from there a large audience of their friends and family get to see that post and it goes through a large multiplier effect.

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Want something to go viral? Make it fake news. (n.d.). Retrieved April 02, 2018, from https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/fake-news-lies-spread-faster-social-media-truth-does-n854896]]> 2018-04-01 21:36:56 UTC https://padlet.com/robertchrapek/tm6fjowwohed/wish/247702259 robertchrapek https://padlet.com/robertchrapek/tm6fjowwohed/wish/247703452 A good list of the types of fake news we encounter on social media on a daily basis. Full fabrication and misleading content are the most common types we see but, generally we do run into many of the items listed in this article from prweek.com

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January 19, 2018 by Sean Czarnecki. (n.d.). A guide to the 7 types of fake news from Storyful's new editor. Retrieved April 02, 2018, from https://www.prweek.com/article/1455046/guide-7-types-fake-news-storyfuls-new-editor]]> 2018-04-01 21:57:28 UTC https://padlet.com/robertchrapek/tm6fjowwohed/wish/247703452 robertchrapek https://padlet.com/robertchrapek/tm6fjowwohed/wish/247704221 When the majority of people see a missing person link, or video online they do not think it's an opportunity for someone to profit off it but, when someone makes a fake missing person report and has a video linked on it that has advertisements it may just be fake news. With a large number of views due to liking and sharing the person who posted this could generate a lot of money due to viewers for the advertisement.

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Lytvynenko, J. (n.d.). To Sell Gadgets To Facebook Users, Scammers Use Every Trick In The Book. Retrieved April 02, 2018, from https://www.buzzfeed.com/janelytvynenko/fake-news-and-ecommerce?utm_term=.qoD5Wqrgo#.dpo4qmXK6]]> 2018-04-01 22:12:13 UTC https://padlet.com/robertchrapek/tm6fjowwohed/wish/247704221 robertchrapek https://padlet.com/robertchrapek/tm6fjowwohed/wish/247705791 This article/ video from CNN talks about how the younger generation is being fooled in large number by fake news. They have conducted research and said that kids are more likely to believe their family members for truthful news over their teachers, other adults or solid news sources but, they still get the majority of their news from social media platforms.


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Wallace, K. (2017, April 03). Is 'fake news' fooling kids? The answer is yes. Retrieved April 02, 2018, from https://www.cnn.com/2017/03/10/health/fake-news-kids-common-sense-media/index.html]]> 2018-04-01 22:40:43 UTC https://padlet.com/robertchrapek/tm6fjowwohed/wish/247705791 robertchrapek https://padlet.com/robertchrapek/tm6fjowwohed/wish/247706218 Here are some statistics to some of the largest fake news stories and the amount of engagements that were received due to them from 2016

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Armstrong, M., & Richter, F. (2016, November 17). Infographic: Fake News Is A Real Problem. Retrieved April 02, 2018, from https://www.statista.com/chart/6795/fake-news-is-a-real-problem/ ]]> 2018-04-01 22:51:02 UTC https://padlet.com/robertchrapek/tm6fjowwohed/wish/247706218