The Spread of Fake News by Social Media Discussion

this is a group project, and what you need to do is read the article “Antiscience Beliefs Jeopardize U.S. Democracy”, and explain or make my outline more detail (please provide some pictures that relate to each outline (I am going to use it in the powerpoint.)

article: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/antisci…

outline:

-Fake news invades every area of media consumption in our life. It is spread by various means often for the acquisition of money and power. However, we should not accept constant fake-news as a norm. we should be focusing our time, energy and even money into “uncovering our biases and verifying our sources of information” to combat post-truth.

1. I think that the article “Antiscience Beliefs Jeopardize U.S. Democracy” should be used to show how political pressure- such as elections- drive people to repeat false claims. Ex. Mitt Romney saying climate change is real then changing his mind repeatedly explain this idea, make it more pacific .

2. We will grant the concession that “we are in the digital age and the average person should scrutinize the information they receive.”explain this idea, make it more pacific .

–Why Your Analysis Matters: There are real consequences to the spread of fake news such as:

The Capitol Riot (5 dead) explain this idea, make it more pacific .

-Anticipation(s) of Objection / Counterargument:

Why should we tell private companies what to do? -> They make billions of dollars and hold political power that rivals the government. It is these companies’ responsibility to society to assist in combating fake news and removing bots. explain this idea, make it more pacific .