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Topic – Misinformation\/fake news<\/strong>
\n Type\u00a0 Assignment help\u00a0& Case study<\/a><\/strong>
\n Subject – Communications<\/strong>
\n Weight – 600 -1000 words<\/strong>
\n Citation\/Referencing Style :: APA<\/strong><\/p>\n

Question –<\/strong> Recently, fake news and misinformation about mass<\/p>\n

shooting in Las Vegas are circulated and shared on social media. For
\nexample, a person was wrongly identified as the shooter and started to get
\ndeath threats after his name was spread across the internet. Also, fake news
\nsaid that the ISIS did the attack.
\nNew technologies and social media sites allow large numbers of amateur
\nindividuals to post online with little or no “gatekeepers” or filters.
\nTweets, Facebook posts, and blogs are not fact-checked before they get
\nposted on social media platforms. Misinformation is circulated across social
\nmedia. The slides on Misinformation have been posted on Blackboard, and the
\nfollowing are supplemental readings about fake news and misinformation.
\nhttps:\/\/www.wired.com\/2017\/02\/best-way-quash-fake-news-choke-off-ad-money\/
\nhttps:\/\/www.wired.com\/2017\/02\/journalism-fights-survival-post-truth-era\/
\nhttps:\/\/www.wired.com\/2017\/02\/podcasts-news-tech-politics\/https:\/\/money.cnn.com\/interactive\/media\/the-macedonia-story\/
\nPlease write a report about misinformation\/fake news and social media
\nplatforms (2 or 3 pages, single spacing, 12 font size). More specifically,
\nyou want to answer the following questions.
\n1.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 How does misinformation affect public policies? (30 points)
\n2.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 How does misinformation affect organizations? (30 points)
\n3.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 How to stop dissemination of misinformation\/fake news? (20 points)
\n4.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Any issues of misinformation or other impacts that you find important?
\n(20 points)
\nPlease discuss those questions in your report and submit it on Blackboard by
\nthe due date. You need to cite your references in your report. You may use
\nthe above mentioned articles or cite other sources that you find online.<\/p>\n

Misinformation<\/a><\/p>\n