Never before has anyone stopped to explain exactly what IS fake news. You just see it on the news as a headline, during a press conference, or sadly, smeared all over President Trump’s twitter. There is a distinct difference between fake news and faulty journalism. Fake news is the complete fabrication of information to undermine people and convince them of untrue information. While bad journalism is the publication of information including wrongful information due to editing and proper fact checking. But somehow, the term Fake news is pinned on everything we disagree with or simply don’t like. It’s rather interesting and scary how this term has turned into a scapegoat. We use it to avoid questioning and pin blame on others. I am truly upset and angry that someone as powerful as the President can use such language and get away with it. I feel that the truth is people don’t understand that questioning our leaders is exactly what keeps them in check and gets our questions answered. Even people who disagree with something should still make sure their leaders are LEADERS and not leaving any questions unanswered. I feel that “Fake News” is our new “no.” It’s imperative that we understand the true definition of the term and stop using it simply whenever we feel like it. I’m watching all of the presentations in class, it’s apparent how many different ways organizations, websites, and even individuals use click bait and filter bubbles to suck us in. As a nation, we need to be able to filter through all of these challenging tactics used by people, not in our best interest. I am learning that it’s necessary to keep an open mind and listen to my opposing neighbors, in hopes that I will be able to critically analyze what I hear. Instead of shutting others out, we need to open up to them in order for them to do the same for us. In all this hate and opposition, we need to have the skills in order better understand each other. More importantly, we need to work together to prevent the Fake News media from overtaking us.
Overall, I believe our project worked out well and incorporated the technology into our presentation. The site itself helped us due to its broad uses like sharing. We were able to cite our references directly to the site in which we found them by Pinterest's tool of embedding. In addition, we could pin examples to further justify our arguments and findings. It was easy for us to switch back and forth to complete our portions of the project as well with the easy surfing of the site. We had a little bit of trouble with including our SlideShare slides as the links didn't want to work. I feel as though the internet connection was a bit of a hindrance not necessarily Pinterest itself. I feel as though we could have maybe organized our Boards and Pins a little bit better as they were somewhat unorganized, but I feel it was not a major issue to our project. In addition, I think we could have done a better job of highlighting negative consequences. I feel like I may have not accurately...
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