Considering how easy it is to Photoshop things and make fake news stories that look convincing, it's definitely true that more and more people are believing fake stories. Lily
I don't think this article is really fair. It makes the implication that only students have an inability to disassociate a true story from a fake one, yet adults can. Plus, the researchers only collected data from only students. I believe there would be a shocking difference to the article if they included a study of the adults. The ability to tell fake news from real ones isn't really common knowledge, so i don't think the future population would be "ill- informed" or their propensity of "getting duped again and again." will affect us much.
I think this article was insightful because it's unfair that students sometimes don't know what to believe when we have the right to know what's going on. Decisions made for this country affect us all especially future generations. -Allison
Wow I can't believe that college and even Stanford students can not tell the difference whether its fake news or not. This is why us journalists, when writing should make sure our sources are reliable sources. -Joan
People should always do their research about a topic after reading a shady article from an anonymous source and we should not believe everything we read on the internet -Pablo
Frankly, I find it abhorring that these recent studies centering around children, teenagers, and young adults always attempt to find a way to characterize said groups and envelop them in such a boorish light, make them out to be unintelligent when in reality being unable to tell fake stories from legitimate ones is a mistake anyone could make. Limiting it to a group of people that have already had many doubts and antagonize them for something, making it seem as if they're the only cluster of people that wouldn't be able to point out such inaccuracies when it's so simple nowadays to alter something and make it come off as genuine news. I assure that if they'd gathered a group of adults and conducted the same tests, a larger majority than would have been expected would defy said expectations and confuse the fake from the real without fail. Blaming the next generations when they only take one element of the problem into consideration and then labeling us as "ill-informed" is unfair and unjustified despite what the studies show. -Gabriella Martinez
I think that this is a really bad situation and we reporters should step up our game and stop fooling around with important information.- Esteban Garcia
It really isn't all the students fault for not knowing that the information given to them is false. It is partially the media's fault. They can be considered as a source of control. they only give us what they think we want to hear but in reality, all we want is the truth. Yes the students should make sure is right by checking the sources. -Guadalupe
With how well fake news stories are presented it does not surprise me that even college students can't tell the difference, I guess people should be more aware of the people writing these stores or look up the new source online or something. - Aniello Angrisano
Wow, it's crazy how most people can't really tell the difference between fake news or not. It's unbelievable that most people don't know what a relaible source is. Julio Mazariegos
This article was interesting and very true. I myself have seen fake news get publicity, a twitter account tweeted a picture of protests in Venezuela and captioned it as the DTLA Trump protests. This tweet had more than 1K retweets and likes. -Melissa
Many people confuse fake news for real news because they don't focus on the credibility of the sources. But it's also the fault of some social media because they display news based on what they think you want to hear and are interested in. It's on an episode of VICE that shows that Facebook does this.
This article made me realize that a lot of people take false information as credible without looking at sources. Many people can make websites for free nowadays and spread false information and has become a major problem. To make this problem go away i think social media apps can make a specific tutorial to teach new users what is the difference between credible and non credible accounts. Putting just a check mark to show its verified isnt enough for people because they may not know what the checkmark means means. -Katherine Quezada
It is interesting to know that the college students can't even tell the difference. I think that this is a problem that definitely should find a solution to either improve or fix.
It's interesting to read that even college students can't tell what is real or fake. Hopefully as years go by, students will be better educated.
ReplyDeleteI think it is possible for people to believe what they hear. Even if the news is incorrect
ReplyDelete-Hakop Ovsepyan
Considering how easy it is to Photoshop things and make fake news stories that look convincing, it's definitely true that more and more people are believing fake stories. Lily
ReplyDeleteI don't think this article is really fair. It makes the implication that only students have an inability to disassociate a true story from a fake one, yet adults can. Plus, the researchers only collected data from only students. I believe there would be a shocking difference to the article if they included a study of the adults. The ability to tell fake news from real ones isn't really common knowledge, so i don't think the future population would be "ill- informed" or their propensity of "getting duped again and again." will affect us much.
ReplyDeleteIs this Stephanie?
DeleteThis is why as journalists we must always disregard rumors and replace them with fact!
ReplyDeleteI think that we should be more careful in choosing our sources to not get duped by false news
ReplyDelete-Gabriel
I think this article was insightful because it's unfair that students sometimes don't know what to believe when we have the right to know what's going on. Decisions made for this country affect us all especially future generations. -Allison
ReplyDeleteWow I can't believe that college and even Stanford students can not tell the difference whether its fake news or not. This is why us journalists, when writing should make sure our sources are reliable sources.
ReplyDelete-Joan
People should always do their research about a topic after reading a shady article from an anonymous source and we should not believe everything we read on the internet
ReplyDelete-Pablo
Frankly, I find it abhorring that these recent studies centering around children, teenagers, and young adults always attempt to find a way to characterize said groups and envelop them in such a boorish light, make them out to be unintelligent when in reality being unable to tell fake stories from legitimate ones is a mistake anyone could make. Limiting it to a group of people that have already had many doubts and antagonize them for something, making it seem as if they're the only cluster of people that wouldn't be able to point out such inaccuracies when it's so simple nowadays to alter something and make it come off as genuine news. I assure that if they'd gathered a group of adults and conducted the same tests, a larger majority than would have been expected would defy said expectations and confuse the fake from the real without fail. Blaming the next generations when they only take one element of the problem into consideration and then labeling us as "ill-informed" is unfair and unjustified despite what the studies show.
ReplyDelete-Gabriella Martinez
I think that this is a really bad situation and we reporters should step up our game and stop fooling around with important information.- Esteban Garcia
ReplyDeleteIt really isn't all the students fault for not knowing that the information given to them is false. It is partially the media's fault. They can be considered as a source of control. they only give us what they think we want to hear but in reality, all we want is the truth. Yes the students should make sure is right by checking the sources. -Guadalupe
ReplyDeleteIt's very important to know if the sources provided is valid and reliable.
ReplyDeleteWith how well fake news stories are presented it does not surprise me that even college students can't tell the difference, I guess people should be more aware of the people writing these stores or look up the new source online or something.
ReplyDelete- Aniello Angrisano
Wow, it's crazy how most people can't really tell the difference between fake news or not. It's unbelievable that most people don't know what a relaible source is.
ReplyDeleteJulio Mazariegos
I found the article very interesting. This article makes me question if everything online is fake.
ReplyDeleteThis article was interesting and very true. I myself have seen fake news get publicity, a twitter account tweeted a picture of protests in Venezuela and captioned it as the DTLA Trump protests. This tweet had more than 1K retweets and likes. -Melissa
ReplyDeleteOh, that's frightening.
DeleteMany people confuse fake news for real news because they don't focus on the credibility of the sources. But it's also the fault of some social media because they display news based on what they think you want to hear and are interested in. It's on an episode of VICE that shows that Facebook does this.
ReplyDeleteThe article leaves me wondering if the students are just lazy to verify the information or that they have no clue on what is real -Josh
ReplyDeleteThis article made me realize that a lot of people take false information as credible without looking at sources. Many people can make websites for free nowadays and spread false information and has become a major problem. To make this problem go away i think social media apps can make a specific tutorial to teach new users what is the difference between credible and non credible accounts. Putting just a check mark to show its verified isnt enough for people because they may not know what the checkmark means means. -Katherine Quezada
ReplyDeleteIt is interesting to know that the college students can't even tell the difference. I think that this is a problem that definitely should find a solution to either improve or fix.
ReplyDeleteWow. pretty amazing how nowadays people can not tell what is fake or not! Makes me want to think twice on what I read now. -Sharon
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