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BBC school report, what is news?


In 1973 and Katz developed the 'uses and gratification theory', arguing audiences consume media text for one or more of the four reasons:

  • Information
  • Entertainment 
  • Socialisation 
  • Surveillance 
What is news?

News = facts/information but because the news you see on TV online and in newspapers is also a product that has to sell to a target audience, it can also be entertaining and this may distract from the facts.

Fake news

Fake news is a type of yellow journalism or propaganda that consists of deliberate misinformation or hoaxes spread via traditional print and broadcast news media or online social media. Fake news is written and published with the intent to mislead in order to damage an agency, entity, or person, and/or gain financially or politically, often with sensationalist, exaggerated, or patently false headlines that grab attention.

Examples of fake news: 

1) On 4 December, a North Carolina man opened fire at the Washington  pizzeria Comet ping pong, which an online conspiracy theory purports to be the headquarters of a child sex ring run by Hillary Clinton.
Subscribers to “Pizzagate” point to apparent “code” within the hacked emails of John Podesta, the Clinton campaign chair, and the fact the restaurant has the same initials as “child pornography”
2) The 'flat earth society' are a group of people who believe that the earth is flat. They provide 'evidence' to why the world Earth can not be round.

How to spot fake news.
1) Check the source - Make sure the website is genuine, look for past news stories and see if they're true.
2) Is it just on that one website? If it is, it's probably not true.
3) Check the context - See if out all makes sense, the stories don't always make sense.

Bias
Bias - Inclination or prejudice for or against one person or group, especially in a way considered to be unfair.   






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