Description
PROJECT 3: RESEARCH PAPER
Objective
The purpose of this project is to demonstrate your understanding of the following course concepts:
How companies or organizations and individuals use digital or social media to effectively communicate ideas, information, arguments, and messages to achieve a specific goal.
How digital or social media has transformed the communication of idea, information, and arguments in society.
Access, analyze, interpret, and evaluate digital media to foster learning and to guide decision-making.
Make responsible choices in the creation and consumption of digital media based on awareness of global, social, ethical, and legal contexts.
Project Description
In this project, you will select a topic discussed in class from the list provided below, conduct additional research on the topic, and share this information in a research paper.
Project 3 consists of:
Project Requirements (topics and content to cover)
Paper Requirements (content organization)
Submission Requirements (how to submit your assignment)
APA Resources (how to cite and select sources)
Due Date Information and Late Policy
Project Requirements
Select one of the 15 research topics below and complete ALL THREE sections:
RESEARCH TOPIC:
Topic 7: Fake News (week 3)
Christiane Amanpour & Chris Anderson How to Seek Truth in the Era of Fake News (TED Talk video)
https://www.ted.com/talks/christiane_amanpour_how_to_seek_truth_in_the_era_of_fake_news
SECTION 1: SELECT ONE TOPIC: (Fake News)
Answer the questions below:
Item 1: Which topic did you select?
Item 2: Why does this topic appeal to you?
NOTE 1: Section 1 should be the shortest section of your paper (10-15%).
SECTION 2: SUMMARIZE THE TOPIC YOU SELECTED USING CLASS RESOURCES
Discuss your topic as presented in class.
Item 1: Summarize the information on the topic as presented in the class, using the Read & Watch resources AND any classroom discussion of the topic.
Item 2: Is the topic you selected relevant in a course on digital and social media? Whether you answer yes or no, justify your answer.
Section 2 Sources: Include the source(s) as an in-paper citation and on your References page.
NOTE 2: Section 2 should comprise (30-40%) of your paper.
SECTION 3: CONDUCT ADDITIONAL RESEARCH ON THE TOPIC
Provide additional information on the topic you selected by locating TWO or MORE new resources (in addition to the resources provided in class) to expand your knowledge of the topic.
Item 1: What additional sources did you find on the topic you selected (list at least 2)?
Item 2: Why is each resource you found (a) relevant, (b) credible, (c) accurate, and (d) unbiased based on what you learned from the What is a Credible Source? How to Evaluate Web Resources? Address a-d in your answer.
Item 3: What new information do the two new resources contribute to the topic as presented in class?
Section 3 Sources:Include at least TWO SOURCESrelated to your topic that are NOT presented, discussed, or posted in the weekly Read & Watch in class or posted in the 15 topic list above. Include these sources as in-paper citations and list them on your References page.
NOTE 3: Section 3 should comprise the majority of your paper (45-60%). This is where your primary focus should be.
Paper Requirements
1. Your paper must follow APA format guidelines throughout.
(A sample APA template for you to use is attached to the bottom of this page. It contains Latin placeholder text. Replace the text with your content).
Double-spaced
1-inch Margins
12-point size professional font (e.g. Times New Roman).
Header
Automatic Page numbers
Title page
Reference page
2. Length: Minimum of 1,500
(Title page, Reference page, and direct quotes do not count toward the total word count).
NOTE 4: Going over 1,500 words is fine, but if you are under 1,500 you will be penalized based on the following scale:
One letter grade (10%) for every 100 words you are under the word count minimum.
4. Title Page
Your title page must be APA formatted and include the following:
Project Name
Your Name
Course Name and Section Number
Semester
Instructor’s Name
Title of Research Paper Topic
5. References Page
Your References page must be APA formatted.
6. Sources: Include the source(s) from Section 2 and at least TWO (2) sources in Section 3.
Clarification: Please do not use unprofessional sources such as Wikipedia, About.com, Answers.com, Dictionary.com, How.com, or anything remotely similar. Examples of scholarly sources include textbooks, articles, academic journals, and conference proceedings. Scholarly resources are written by experts in their fields, grounded in research, and often refereed (reviewed and edited by researchers in the field). Examples of professional sources include: trade journals or magazines. Professional sources are written for a specific audience that works in certain field. They are not research-based.
NOTE 5: You can also use social media (e.g. Twitter posts, blogs, YouTube) sources as well as this is a paper about the use of digital and social media.
7. Setup & Organization
Your paper must include the following pages and Level 1 Headings:
Cover Page
Topic Introduction (Section 1)
Topic Discussion (Section 2)
Additional Research (Section 3)
Reference Page
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Running Head: FAKE NEWS
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Fake News
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Introduction
Most researchers have established and reported that falsehoods in the internet era
spread like wildfire especially on social media than the truth. Currently, there is a shared
worldwide concern of how falsehoods can influence economic, political and the social wellbeing of our universe. Vosoughi et al. carried out elaborate research to comprehend how the
false news diffuses. The research taking a particular interest in one of the most used social
media platform. Between 2006 to 2017 the researchers applied a data set of rumor cascade on
Twitter. During this research period, a total of 126,000 rumors were spread by 3 million
people (Vosoughi, Roy, & Aral, 2018). While the truth rarely spread to more than 1000
individuals, it was alarming to note that the top 1 percent of falsehoods cascaded to between
1000 and 100000 individuals. Thus, confirming that, the false news reached a significant
global audience than the truth. Indisputably, we are living in the digital era where information
spreads like a bush fire, but hardly do we take time to verify the credibility of the
information.
Therefore, this research paper chose to investigate, understand and discuss the dynamic
of fake news. Fake news refers to misinformation that has been deliberately passed through
either traditional news media or social media with the intention to mislead and ultimately
gain politically or financially (Kiwi, 2018). Recently the topic of fake news has emerged as
one of the most heated debates on the globe. This is just because the spread of false news has
done significant harm in the world we live in, destroying careers, starting wars and worse.
The baseline is, the diffusion and spread of fake news is being viewed as one of the biggest
threat to democracy, free debate and a threat to the existing world order. We are living in an
era where misinformation has saturated the media, and it is quite unfortunate that most people
make decisions based on the media they use. Thus most humans have obliviously
relinquished their general perspective on the outer world on the fakes news they absolve on a
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daily basis. Most people may tend to think that they are less vulnerable to the negative
impacts of fake news as they consider themselves receivers of lesser lies. But the volume of
fake news in circulation does not necessarily translate to lesser harm. As the diffusion of fake
news in small scale can also be very degrading and damaging.
How to Seek Truth in the Era of Fake News?
When addressing global challenges like climatic change, it is necessary to go into a
fact-finding mission and acquire the truth (Christiane Amanpour,2018). But, unfortunately,
the information available is either diluted or exaggerated. It is rather sad that some public
speakers are out there spreading lies and this has translated to the effect of creating more
panics than solutions to humankind. One of the great epitomes of fake news is the exist...
