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“Falsehood flies, and the Truth comes limping after it”- Jonathan Swift

Reference for the Quote in the Title. An issue that needs addressing: A BuzzFeed News analysis found that in the last 3 months of the most recent US presidential campaign, the top-performing fake election news stories on Facebook generated more engagement than the top stories from major news outlets. During this time, 20 false election stories from hoax sites generated 8,711,000 shares, reactions, and comments on Facebook (BuzzFeed, 2016). Continue reading →

“Falsehood flies, and the Truth comes limping after it”- Jonathan Swift

Reference for the Quote in the Title. An issue that needs addressing: A BuzzFeed News analysis found that in the last 3 months of the most recent US presidential campaign, the top-performing fake election news stories on Facebook generated more engagement than the top stories from major news outlets. During this time, 20 false election stories from hoax sites generated 8,711,000 shares, reactions, and comments on Facebook (BuzzFeed, 2016). Continue reading →

Thanks, Donald Trump

Thanks, Donald Trump. Because of you ‘fake news’ has become Collins Dictionary’s word of the year in 2017 (Hunt, 2017). Although not a new phenomenon, fake news has become a part of everyday life stemming from social media’s influence within Brexit and the recent US General Election (Dice, 2017). Below is an infographic created through Canva examining the public response to fake news: Source: Infographic created through Canva. Continue reading →

Thanks, Donald Trump

Thanks, Donald Trump. Because of you ‘fake news’ has become Collins Dictionary’s word of the year in 2017 (Hunt, 2017). Although not a new phenomenon, fake news has become a part of everyday life stemming from social media’s influence within Brexit and the recent US General Election (Dice, 2017). Below is an infographic created through Canva examining the public response to fake news: Source: Infographic created through Canva. Continue reading →

Thanks, Donald Trump

Thanks, Donald Trump. Because of you ‘fake news’ has become Collins Dictionary’s word of the year in 2017 (Hunt, 2017). Although not a new phenomenon, fake news has become a part of everyday life stemming from social media’s influence within Brexit and the recent US General Election (Dice, 2017). Below is an infographic created through Canva examining the public response to fake news: Source: Infographic created through Canva. Continue reading →

Thanks, Donald Trump

Thanks, Donald Trump. Because of you ‘fake news’ has become Collins Dictionary’s word of the year in 2017 (Hunt, 2017). Although not a new phenomenon, fake news has become a part of everyday life stemming from social media’s influence within Brexit and the recent US General Election (Dice, 2017). Below is an infographic created through Canva examining the public response to fake news: Source: Infographic created through Canva. Continue reading →

Web 2.0. The real reason fake news exists?

What is a fake news? Fake news has recently launched into public debate, partly due to alleged Russian intervention in foreign political processes (Peters, 2017). Oxford Dictionaries define this phenomenon as “relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief”. Fake news articles deliberately intend to mislead readers to promote an agenda or idea. Continue reading →

Fact or Fiction…or Fake?!

Introduction I am beginning to wonder if this module is a sort of crystal ball, running parallel to my dissertation! Just as other topics did (Digital Divide and Digital Residency) fake news links very strongly to my work. It is a quite a complex phenomenon and I have therefore prepared this short video, providing some definitions and some examples. Continue reading →

Fact or Fiction…or Fake?!

Introduction I am beginning to wonder if this module is a sort of crystal ball, running parallel to my dissertation! Just as other topics did (Digital Divide and Digital Residency) fake news links very strongly to my work. It is a quite a complex phenomenon and I have therefore prepared this short video, providing some definitions and some examples. Continue reading →

Earn £20 by reading this post!

Did you believe me? Unfortunately, you won’t be getting £20, sorry to disappoint you, but there is definitely a lot of false information and identities online and this is just one example! NEWS People likes to receive news in different forms, the statistic below displays the main source of news for different age groups. It can be seen that online is the most popular source of news. Main source of news by age. (Newman et al. Continue reading →

Earn £20 by reading this post!

Did you believe me? Unfortunately, you won’t be getting £20, sorry to disappoint you, but there is definitely a lot of false information and identities online and this is just one example! NEWS People likes to receive news in different forms, the statistic below displays the main source of news for different age groups. It can be seen that online is the most popular source of news. Main source of news by age. (Newman et al. Continue reading →

Earn £20 by reading this post!

Did you believe me? Unfortunately, you won’t be getting £20, sorry to disappoint you, but there is definitely a lot of false information and identities online and this is just one example! NEWS People likes to receive news in different forms, the statistic below displays the main source of news for different age groups. It can be seen that online is the most popular source of news. Main source of news by age. (Newman et al. Continue reading →

Earn £20 by reading this post!

Did you believe me? Unfortunately, you won’t be getting £20, sorry to disappoint you, but there is definitely a lot of false information and identities online and this is just one example! NEWS People likes to receive news in different forms, the statistic below displays the main source of news for different age groups. It can be seen that online is the most popular source of news. Main source of news by age. (Newman et al. Continue reading →

Earn £20 by reading this post!

Did you believe me? Unfortunately, you won’t be getting £20, sorry to disappoint you, but there is definitely a lot of false information and identities online and this is just one example! NEWS People likes to receive news in different forms, the statistic below displays the main source of news for different age groups. It can be seen that online is the most popular source of news. Main source of news by age. (Newman et al. Continue reading →

Popping the ‘Fake News’ Bubble – Topic 2

Fake news – although not a recent phenomenon – has become somewhat of an epidemic in the past few years due to social media usage. It’s recent impact on events such as the U.S. elections (Allcott & Gentzkow, 2017) and Britain’s Brexit (Kucharski, 2016) has certainly created a heightened awareness around fake news. So, are we still able to use the internet as a learning tool? Click to view slideshow. Continue reading →

Topic 2 – ‘Learning on the Web’ – question and starter sources

LEARNING ON THE WEB The MOOC has introduced you to the importance of your Personal Learning Network and the need for lifelong learning skills. As many of you have already commented during the MOOC, one of the key features of having an effective learning network is developing the digital literacies needed to identify reliable, trustworthy information online. Task – Evaluate how to assess the reliability and authenticity of online information. Continue reading →

Topic 2: Reflection

Throughout the last two weeks, my understanding on the topic of multiple identities has developed. Originally, I only thought of multiple identities in terms of different accounts for different sites, however since researching more about it I have learnt that it is so much more than that. In writing my initial post, I learnt to consider multiple identities from the perspective of different personas in the form of cosplay. Continue reading →