{"id":31159,"date":"2023-08-19T23:38:55","date_gmt":"2023-08-19T23:38:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/fake-news-misinformation-develop-critical-thinking-skills-to-analyze-medias-influence\/"},"modified":"2023-08-19T23:38:55","modified_gmt":"2023-08-19T23:38:55","slug":"fake-news-misinformation-develop-critical-thinking-skills-to-analyze-medias-influence","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/fake-news-misinformation-develop-critical-thinking-skills-to-analyze-medias-influence\/","title":{"rendered":"Fake News \/ Misinformation- Develop critical thinking skills to analyze media&#8217;s influence."},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"margin: 6px 0px; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.5; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Fake News \/ Misinformation<\/span><\/h3>\n<h4 style=\"margin: 6px 0px; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Objective:<\/span><\/h4>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Develop critical thinking skills to analyze media&#8217;s influence.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 style=\"margin: 6px 0px; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Student Learning Outcome&#8221;<\/span><\/h4>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Analyze and interpret possible bias in media content.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Based on information from<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><a style=\"cursor: auto;\" data-api-returntype=\"Page\" data-api-endpoint=\"https:\/\/palomar.instructure.com\/api\/v1\/courses\/43747\/pages\/learn-about-fake-news-and-misinformation-in-the-media\">Learn about Fake News\/Misinformation in the Media page<\/a><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>which includes the &#8220;Digital Disconnect &#8211; Fake News, Privacy and Democracy&#8221; and additional research on your topic write a 4 page paper addressing the following. You need to answer the questions in part 1 and part 2 below. Important note &#8211; for Part 1 only use information from<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><a style=\"cursor: auto;\" data-api-returntype=\"Page\" data-api-endpoint=\"https:\/\/palomar.instructure.com\/api\/v1\/courses\/43747\/pages\/learn-about-fake-news-and-misinformation-in-the-media\">Learn about Fake News\/Misinformation in the Media page<\/a><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>\/ for Part 2 conduct research and include four sources to support your topic.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"margin: 6px 0px; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Part 1 &#8211; Explore the idea of fake news<\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><a style=\"cursor: auto;\" data-api-returntype=\"Page\" data-api-endpoint=\"https:\/\/palomar.instructure.com\/api\/v1\/courses\/43747\/pages\/learn-about-fake-news-and-misinformation-in-the-media\">Learn about Fake News\/Misinformation in the Media page<\/a><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>which includes the &#8220;Digital Disconnect &#8211; Fake News, Privacy and Democracy&#8221; answer the following questions<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">using examples and evidence from the sources<\/strong>. Part 1 should be 1.5 &#8211; 2 pages. Make sure to include evidence (and cite your sources) from the sources above to support your assertions.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">What is fake news\/ misinformation and why is it happening?&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">How can we as consumers spot fake news?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">What can be done to prevent the spread of fake news\/misinformation?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Explain whether you think having access to this information aligns with the claim that the internet is a democratizing force. (&#8220;Digital Disconnect &#8211; Fake News, Privacy and Democracy&#8221;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h4 style=\"margin: 6px 0px; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Part 2 &#8211; Apply what you learned about Fake News\/Misinformation by researching one of the topic&#8217;s below. Part 2 should be 2-2.5 pages in length.<\/span><\/h4>\n<ol style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Select one of the topics below.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Research the misinformation\/fake news that was published about your topic.&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Find and use&nbsp;<strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">four sources&nbsp;<\/strong>on your topic for this section. These sources can&#8217;t be the ones provided in this assignment.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">What misinformation\/fake news was published about your topic?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Exam the forces that contributed to it &#8211; why do you think the misinformation published? Who was behind it?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Discuss the possible effects of this misinformation on society.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">TOPICS:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">COVID and\/or anti-vaccination&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">2016 OR 2020 Presidential Election<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">The January 6 attack on the Capitol<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Climate Change<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Your choice &#8211; just make sure you can provide enough evidence.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">More details:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Paper should be double-spaced 4-5 pages. Include a header for Part 1 and Part 2.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Paper should include a reference\/bibliography section with the at least four sources for Part 2 and module resources for Part 1.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Paper should include in-text citations in both part 1 and part 2 &#8211; telling the reader the source where your quotes, indirect quotes, and information came from.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Double space your paper and use APA or MLA format.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>For Part 1<\/div>\n<div>\n<ol style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">What is fake news and misinformation and why is it happening?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">https:\/\/www.salon.com\/2017\/01\/15\/from-startling-insight-to-random-insult-a-guide-to-the-uses-and-misuses-of-fake-news\/<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">https:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article\/information-overload-helps-fake-news-spread-and-social-media-knows-it\/<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/short-reads\/2020\/12\/08\/many-americans-are-unsure-whether-sources-of-news-do-their-own-reporting\/<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/internet\/2021\/11\/22\/the-future-of-digital-spaces-and-their-role-in-democracy\/<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">https:\/\/news.stanford.edu\/2021\/10\/25\/foil-fake-news-focus-infectiousness\/<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">2. What can we do about it ? Spotting misinformation<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">https:\/\/www.freedomforum.org\/<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"LAORx41hJ9\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visualcapitalist.com\/how-to-spot-fake-news\/\">How To Spot Fake News<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;How To Spot Fake News&#8221; &#8212; Visual Capitalist\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visualcapitalist.com\/how-to-spot-fake-news\/embed\/#?secret=PdErMVEVw5#?secret=LAORx41hJ9\" data-secret=\"LAORx41hJ9\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">3. Listen to How to spot fake news with Sam Wineburg<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fake News \/ Misinformation Objective: Develop critical thinking skills to analyze media&#8217;s influence. Student Learning Outcome&#8221; Analyze and interpret possible bias in media content. 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