research paper

Research Paper Media Ethics Student: Christopher Aranda

Title of the Paper: Fake News

Hypothesis or Supposition: What will the paper tell the audience (Professor Dutch)? It is necessary to Fact Check while consuming news.

Key Point One: Fake news refers to information that appears as news, but in real sense, lack a factual foundation for its claims. To understand the concept of fake news, it is vital to understand other concepts that relate to it. These are; rumors, gossip, urban legend and delusion.

Support Material (Sources)

(MLA Works Cited Format)

1. Chiluwa, Innocent, and Sergei A Samoilenko. Handbook Of Research On Deception, Fake News, And Misinformation Online. 1st ed. Hershey: IGI Global, 2019. Print.

2. Ashley, Seth, Jessica Roberts, and Adam Maksl. American Journalism And "Fake News": Examining The Facts. 1st ed. Colorado: ABC-CLIO, 2019. Print.

Key Point Two

Fake news has a similar appearance and effects to the media audience. It takes extra caution to distinguish fake news from actual news. This point will give an example of fake news.

Support Material (Sources)

1. Miller, Michael. Fake News. 1st ed. Minneapolis: Twenty-First century books, 2019. Print.

2. Heitkamp, Kristina Lyn. Fake News And The Factories That Make It. 1st ed. New York: Enslow Publishing, 2018. Print.

Key Point Three

For the reason that Fake News is similar to actual news, people consume fake news every day without noticing.

This point will give a detail on the characteristics of media audience that makes them prone to consuming fake news.

Support Material (Sources)

1. 1. Doyle, Eamon. Media Bias And The Role Of The Press. 1st ed. New York: Greenhaven Publishing, 2018. Print.

2. Agarwal, Nitin. Emerging Research Challenges And Opportunities In Computational Social Network Analysis And Mining. 1st ed. Stockholm: Springer, 2019. Print.

Key Point Four

Consuming actual news ensures that the citizens of a country are accurately informed. This makes the skills of fact checking very necessary in the process of news consumption.

This point will elaborate on the skills and impact of fact checking to news consumers.

Support Material (Sources)

1. Miller, Michael. Fake News: Separating Truth From Fiction. 1st ed. Minneapolis: Twenty-First century books, 2019. Print.

2. Journell, Wayne. Unpacking Fake News. 1st ed. New York: Teachers College Press, 2019. Print.

Conclusion: What can be conclude from this research paper? The media has become complex, such that consuming any information requires caution. People have consumed fake news for years without having a clue, which is detrimental to their knowledge of current affairs. For this reason, fact checking is very important.