Other Issues in Media and Society

I hope y'all (I'm from Texas, so I'm aloud to say y'all) have enjoyed this blog is far and are spotting the fake news, but this post will be cover other issues in media and society from my classmates blogs.

https://mediaeffects724151893.wordpress.com/2020/05/09/other-issues-in-media-and-society/

This blog is worth giving a read because Jeremy really gives good points on how the media is affecting children and makes you question if we are moving in the right path with technology as a society.

https://keepingmoviesalive.wordpress.com/2020/04/14/franchises-over-creativity-an-issue/comment-page-1/?unapproved=1&moderation-hash=d91b11ce7905dd70adfd2610443b87cc#comment-1

If you have ever said "they don't make movies like they used to" then definitely check out this blog. Axel really dives into how franchises are starting to take over Hollywood and whats really happening to creativity in the studios.

https://dangersofaugmentedreality.blogspot.com/2020/04/my-view.html#comments

If you are interested in Augmented reality or virtual reality, then this is the blog for you. Sven talks about how AR can really dangerous to us individually and sheds light on how AR's affects us as a society.

https://addictedtosocialmediablog.wordpress.com/2020/05/03/my-view-on-addiction/comment-page-1/?unapproved=1&moderation-hash=ed1a3ebd69b27f307ee6f4bb3ad1e070#comment-1

In this blog Kylie brings up the sad truth about social media addiction. She really explains how social media is affecting our daily lives and what the negative impacts are. She also talks about how social media is actually making us less social.

https://mediaandsocietycyberbullying.blogspot.com/2020/05/my-view.html?showComment=1589134834361#c6821998199027276455

Cyberbullying has has been around since social media started and in this blog Andrea goes on to explain its negative affects on society, especially with children.

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What the Experts Say 2

So why is there even fake news and who invented it? You could say fake news started with President Donald Trump in 2016, but people have been lying about the news probably since the first newspaper. In an article called “Why is Fake News Invented?” from 30seconds.org, fake news can come from anyone and with the internet they can post anything anonymously. People can also spread fake news for multiple reasons, whether it is to promote an ideology, or even a product, but most of the time it’s for money, especially with major news outlets (30secounds 2019). The major news outlets mostly care about rating because their ratings are linked to their advertising slots, which is how they get paid. If they got low ratings all the time other companies wouldn't want to advertise on their broadcast or website. It's all about the clicks! https://30secondes.org/en/module/why-is-fake-news-invented/

What the Experts Say 1

One problem people sometimes have when it comes to getting reliable news information is that they can't seem to always tell if their news source is reliable or not. Well, thanks to Christina Nagler, from Harvard Summer school, we are given really good tips for spotting fake news! A couple of ways you can check your information is by checking the credibility of the news source, or even checking the sources' citations (Nagler 2020). If you're still having a hard time with your sources information you can always visit fact checking websites like FactCheck.org (Nagler 2020). Even though there are so many ways for us to check our sources, fake news sometimes still becomes viral, but how? One reason Nagler mentions is that some headlines really grab our attention and with social media we are easily able to share the headlines with our friends and family, but it's not as easy to evaluate or even read the actual article (Nagler 2020). Nagler also points out that people are mor...

My View

Growing up, the news channel was always on in my house. My father, who is pretty conservative, usually only had it on Fox News. Every now again though my father would switch it to CNN. One day I just asked him “ if you don't like CNN then why do you watch it?” Then he said something to me I wont forget, “son you always have to try and know your enemy, but you also have to think for yourself.” Now I know this sounds like two different quotes in one, but what he meant by that was that even though he's not a fan of CNN he wants to know what they're thinking, because we have to be able to forum our own opinions. If we don't think for ourselves, anything we hear that’s news related, even if its fake news, will consume our thoughts. Then the biased news media outlets who are spreading the fake news will control us. In my opinion though, almost all news nowadays is fake news. The top two news media outlets, CNN who leans left, and Fox News who leans right, are always attacking...

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