Assignemnet 1 watch – https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/documentary/united-states-of-conspiracy/ and answer the following questions using this instruction.
This will be an open discussion forum on your thoughts about the film. Consider the following in your post. You do not have to cover all four points, I am simply providing points to start with. Feel free to add anything else. There is no wrong answer here (unless you believe that Alex Jones is a legit source of information…!)
1. Did you know who Alex Jones was before watching this?
2. What do you find most shocking about his show InfoWars and what he does?
3. Are you concerned about how a completely false claim/theory gains traction and becomes part of the mainstream?
4. How is this similar to Pizzagate?
Assignement 2- watch https://youtu.be/wzpc6u2PJ5Uhttps://youtu.be/wzpc6u2PJ5Uhttps://youtu.be/wzpc6u2PJ5Uhttps://youtu.be/wzpc6u2PJ5Uhttps://youtu.be/wzpc6u2PJ5Uhttps://youtu.be/wzpc6u2PJ5Uhttps://youtu.be/wzpc6u2PJ5Uhttps://youtu.be/wzpc6u2PJ5Uhttps://youtu.be/wzpc6u2PJ5Uhttps://youtu.be/wzpc6u2PJ5Uhttps://youtu.be/wzpc6u2PJ5U
Answer questions using this instruction.
After watching this PBS video here, please answer the following questions:
Who was Ida B. Wells, and what role did she play in the suffrage movement?
Why was her perspective important in pushing forward the goals of the suffrage movement?
How did the suffrage movement help support other civil rights movements, and how did other civil rights movements help support women’s suffrage?
What kinds of inequality for some women did the women’s suffrage movement fail to address?
Did you know about Ida B wells before watching this video.
Assignemnt 3 Read https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/anatomy-of-a-fake-news-scandal-125877/https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/anatomy-of-a-fake-news-scandal-125877/https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/anatomy-of-a-fake-news-scandal-125877/https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/anatomy-of-a-fake-news-scandal-125877/https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/anatomy-of-a-fake-news-scandal-125877/https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/anatomy-of-a-fake-news-scandal-125877/https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/anatomy-of-a-fake-news-scandal-125877/https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/anatomy-of-a-fake-news-scandal-125877/https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/anatomy-of-a-fake-news-scandal-125877/https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/anatomy-of-a-fake-news-scandal-125877/https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/anatomy-of-a-fake-news-scandal-125877/https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/anatomy-of-a-fake-news-scandal-125877/https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/anatomy-of-a-fake-news-scandal-125877/
answer the questions
What made Pizzagate different from other false claims out there?
According to this article how does a false story gain traction?
What are your first reactions to the scope and breadth of this story?
Does it seem that the right is more motivated than the left to create fake news? Why do you think this is so?