Week 3 Assignment

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Fake News: Annotated Bibliography

Rosalyn Albright

ENG 122 Comp. 11

Nicole Elliot

October 23, 2017

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Fake News

Fake News: Annotated Bibliography

Thesis Statement: Fake news should be researched to make sure it is legitimate, because bogus

information is damaging academically and false information is a substandard influence in our

society

Spratt, Hannah E.: Agosto, Denise E. In: Young Adult Literacy Services. Summer2017, Vol. 15

issue4, p17, 5p.

The author states that internet is so easy access to people of all ages that people aren't judging the

quality of news they consume. Fake news is serious and damaging to our society because fake

news plays with the emotions of people lives. Teens use other forms of getting information, such

as tv, radio, reading books but are more drawn to social media. Although teens and adults are

drawn to social medial education young teens to distinguish misleading news can be done by

librarians. We as people need to be information literate because what happens in the world that

we read about should be the truth.

Fake News: Annotated Bibliography

Crocco, Margret; Halvorsen, Annelise; Jacobsen, Rebecca; Aven. In: Phi Delta Kappan.

April 2017, Vol. 98 Issue 7, 67

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The author states that we consume information in according to our beliefs or what is instilled in

us. Social Media is on the rise for most people today. Ten years ago, before Facebook and twitter

surfaced people depended on the local news channels and local newspaper in their community

for news. In those times news was very reliable. Now that Social Media is so popular these

services provide news and information or conspiracy theories to draw attention. We people need

to be able to access in on the trustworthiness of evidence.

Fake News: Annotated Bibliography

Phi Delta Kappen. Feb 2017, Vol. 98 Issue 5,6

The author states that young people are not educated enough to distinguish credible news

information. Young people's ability to explain the information they consume on the internet is

lacking. Computer literate people can move swiftly through everything Social Media has to offer

but are not able to evaluate news information from Social Media. We people need to separate our

personal beliefs from bogus news we read.