This week I came across an article by Columbia Journalism Review talking about false content that was put out through news sites, stations, and that circulated during the election season. The article looked at 6 different times fake sources were being used:
1. Authentic material used in the wrong context:
One of trumps first ads projects migrants crossing across Mexico. But in fact the footage was of migrants crossing the country of Morocco. The footage was not fake, it was real footage. But the context the video was played during the ad was in fact fake. This is because the migrants were not actually walking across Mexico.
2. Imposter news sites designed to look like brands we already know
During The campaigns of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, both twitter accounts as well as twitter accounts from members of their families retweeted and commented on fake news article from fake news sites. There was one incident the article talks about where Eric Trump commented on a fake ABC article about Hillary's email scandal.
3. Fake News Sites
fake news sites have had the most scrutiny sine the election season began. People made fake news article and sent them around the world via social media to make money. An example of this that the article gave was there was a fake news story out of the Pope endorsing Donald Trump.
4. Fake Information
Fake information was always presented through ads, graphics, and even on social media by the two campaigns. The example the article gave was that there were a couple ads going around across social media that Clinton voters could tex their vote in while Trump voters had to go to the polls. Though this is 100% fans a lot of Trump supporters were enraged.
5. Manipulated Content
Images were sent across social media of pictures that were altered to sway ons side of voters. An example that the article gave was a picture that showed a policeman arresting an illegal immigrant trying to vote. In the picture you can clearly tell that the policeman is fake.
6. Parody Content
On twitter a lot of famous people have parody accounts. This is when fake people pretend to be the real twitter accounts of the person and send out bad tweets. Twitter users reacted to these tweets before looking if the account is real or not. To tell if the account was the actual account, a twitter users need to look for the verified symbol on the profile page.
Here is the article:
http://www.cjr.org/tow_center/6_types_election_fake_news.php
by Justin Frommer
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