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Seven Types of Inaccurate News
Notes taken by Edward Tanguay on January 8, 2018 (go to class or lectures)
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being able to produce a corpus of information that's
which expresses what's out there in a reasonable way
is important to allow citizens to render an decision
when people have information that they encounter which isn't accurate
the results can end up making that are sub-optimal
example
the fake news that Pope endorsed Trump
because people are prone to using , who the Pope endorses is a good measure of who might be a candidate
this may people's view
correct news out of context can influence as well, e.g. FBI Director Comey's discovery of additional emails relating to the campaign on the home computer of Andrew Weiner
this made people think that there might be an additional
not much came up it, but it still had the potential to influence people in ways
propaganda
during the War, the impressions of what was going on in Russia was more negative than it ostensibly is now
environment
an ideal or sub-optimal news
their views and how they vote can be based on something that's
this leads to electing candidates that aren't necessarily those who will best what people want
people say they are for a particular thing, when in fact, if they knew more about it they would be against it
these kinds of can be pernicious to a democracy
seven types of inaccurate news
1. satire or
no intention to cause harm but has the to fool
point is to highlight ridiculousness
to hold people accountable
to pass
intention is to be funny
e.g. The Onion
often outrageous
intention is not to deceive but to be
2. fake connection
when headlines, visuals or captions don't the content
also called -bait
purpose is to get people to click on the headline in order to get visitors to the site
examples
"top ten reasons for this or that"
"you won't what happens next"
3. misleading content
misleading use of information to frame an issue or individual
uses information to frame a particular issue or
example
Trump portrays Clinton saying that she washed e-mails
the Clinton team actually used a software called Bleach Bit
but acid washed sounds more severe
Pence claimed FBI found 15,000 more emails detailing national security
actually they found 14,900 e-mails but only contained classified information
so statements are misleading and don't provide the full context of what is happening
use -checking services
factcheck.org
politifact.com
provide more nuance and context to a given quote
4. fake context
when genuine content is shared with false information
we see a picture or quote by a politician but that is taken out of context
examples
a picture of dozens of in Austin, Texas
in the vicinity of an anti-Trump protest
it was written that these people were paid to come protest the Trump rally
actually these were just typical coach buses which had nothing to do with protesting Trump rallies
5. content
when genuine sources are impersonated
examples
impersonating ABC News
logos are but different
URLs are similar but different
if people think they are getting news from ABC News, they are more likely to believe it
6. manipulated content
when genuine information or imagery is manipulated to
purpose is to distort the truth
example
image of Donald Trump and his
photoshopped to make it look like parents were wearing robes of the Ku Klux Klan
very easy to change pictures like this
7. fabricated content
new content that is 100% false, designed to deceive and do
fake news
completely made up information
examples
Pope Francis endorsed Donald Trump for President
shared several thousand times
Obama banning the Pledge of Allegiance
reason is that there is money to be made
people may be doing this
tips to identify these
be
do research if it is real or not
read more than the headline
think about who created the story and
consider what's missing
is there another side to this story
who would this article need to talk to in order to get the other side of the story
see if other news are covering the same story
be aware of biases
why am I believing this news
because I it to be true
because I have that it is true
Ideas and Concepts:
Common sense for Americans, via this morning's Fake News, Facts, and Alternative Facts class:
"The ability for a society to be to produce a corpus of information that's accurate, which expresses what's out there in a reasonable way, is important to enable its citizens to render an effective decisions.
When people have information that they encounter which isn't accurate, the results can end up making decisions that are sub-optimal."
"The ability for a society to be to produce a corpus of information that's accurate, which expresses what's out there in a reasonable way, is important to enable its citizens to render an effective decisions.
When people have information that they encounter which isn't accurate, the results can end up making decisions that are sub-optimal."