Write at least one paragraph or 10 bullet points for each video below. Please include all pertinent information pertaining to the author’s purpose and date it took place.
Videos:
- How fake news does real harm | Stephanie Busari
- Google’s fact-checking tool expands to more countries
- Man Behind Fake Campaign News On Viral Stories, Regrets It
- “Fake News. It’s Your Fault”
- “Why Videos Go Viral”
Articles:
Domonoske, Camila. “Students Have ‘Dismaying’ Inability to Tell Fake News from Real, Study
Finds.” NPR, 23 Nov. 2016, www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/11/23/503129818/study-findsstudents-have-dismaying-inability-to-tell-fake-news-from-real.
Davis, Wynne. “Fake or Real? How to Self-Check the News and Get the Facts.” NPR, 6 Dec.
2016,org/sections/alltechconsidered/2016/12/05/503581220/fake-orreal-how-to”>www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2016/12/05/…
-self-check- the-news-and-get-the-facts.
Williams, Weston. “Google Rolls Out New ‘Fact Check’ Tool Worldwide to Combat Fake
News.” Christian Science Monitor, 7 Apr. 2017, www.csmonitor.com/Technology/2017/0407/Google-rolls-out-new-FactCheck-tool-worldwide-to-combat-fake-news.
Prompt: To what extent should technology companies, news media outlets, and individuals be responsible for monitoring and preventing the spread of fake news?
Directions: You should make reference to at least THREE sources above as well as THREE outside observations that respond to the prompt. You should present your views on the topic above in a well-developed five-paragraph minimum essay culling from many sources within each paragraph. You will have one class period to write, revise, and edit your single-spaced essay. *Underline your thesis statement in the essay.
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