{"id":52716,"date":"2019-10-01T11:01:08","date_gmt":"2019-10-01T05:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogadmin.forumias.com\/?page_id=52716"},"modified":"2019-10-01T11:01:16","modified_gmt":"2019-10-01T05:31:16","slug":"answered-while-the-world-is-more-connected-today-and-more-people-have-much-more-information-readily-available-at-their-fingertips-societies-are-not-necessarily-better-informed-and-equipped","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/answered-while-the-world-is-more-connected-today-and-more-people-have-much-more-information-readily-available-at-their-fingertips-societies-are-not-necessarily-better-informed-and-equipped\/","title":{"rendered":"[Answered] \u201cWhile the world is more connected today and more people have much more information readily available at their fingertips, societies are not necessarily better informed and equipped to make the tough choices needed to address the many challenges.\u201d Comment."},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Demand of the question<\/strong>
Introduction. <\/strong>Contextual Introduction.
Body. <\/strong>Dangers of fake news. What should be done?
Conclusion. <\/strong>Way forward. <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n

In modern times, the fake news sea has become a threatening problem that endangers many of the achievements of democratic countries. The globalisation has connected the world but also led to commercialisation of fake news. The things that are supposed to be helping people connect and enable understanding are becoming tools for creating chaos and influencing unjustifiably behaviours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Danger of fake news spread:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Fake news is a threat to democracy. Easy access\nto large amounts of data, made it possible for political parties to profile individual\nvoters and flood them with news, fake and real, that influence their voting\nbehaviour. Political parties try to get political benefits by polarising the\nvoter\u2019s mind.<\/li>
  2. Fake news has been used to deceive illiterate\npeople financially. Example- Bitcoin benefits, Chit fund schemes introduced the\nconcept of online fraud through spam emails. Hoaxes of GPS chips in the Rs\n2,000 note after the demonetisation initiative of the government through both\nmedia and WhatsApp messages led to widespread confusion among holders of the\nnew note.<\/li>
  3. Fake news can be used to create a communal\nenvironment. It influence the minds of common people and use social weaknesses\nto increase intolerance in the country. Example: Spreading fake photos to bring\nabout communal clashes in the country. It can also result in deaths. For\nexample, rumours about child-lifters and cattle thieves led to mob attacks and\ndeaths across India.<\/li>
  4. Media companies in greed of getting TRPs and\nmore viewership promote sensational news and false headlines. E.g circulation\nof false videos in Kashmir valley showing shocking attacks on the Army and\ninhumane repression of the civilians.<\/li>
  5. The false portrayal of kashmir as a place of\nhuman right abuse by international media has created a false image of the\nnation.<\/li>
  6. Fake news has reduced people\u2019s belief in social,\nprint and electronic media. In its purest form, fake news is completely made\nup, manipulated to resemble credible journalism and attract maximum attention\nand, with it, advertising revenue.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    What should be done?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    1. Consumers play a large role in what content is\ncreated and how it is disseminate.<\/li>
    2. Public must be better educated, so that they are\nbetter able to distinguish credible sources and stories from their\ncounterparts.<\/li>
    3. Ordinary consumers of news can play a big role\nby refusing to pass on what they cannot independently verify with other\nsources.<\/li>
    4. Public need be educated about how news\ninformation propagates in today\u2019s world, the harms of fake news, and how to\nidentify it. Another approach would be to enable the consumer to learn more\nabout the actors and stakeholders in a given story, better understand their\naffiliations, and to identify and question unverified details.<\/li>
    5. Critical news consumption need to be\nincorporated into school curriculums or promoted through government-sponsored\ncomputer and content literacy tools and training programs.<\/li>
    6. Content creators and content distributors need\nto adapt their professional norms to new technologies of distribution, better\nexplain these norms to the public, and protect them from erosion. They should\nalso engage in practices that increase the likelihood of producing trustworthy,\nhigh-quality information.<\/li>
    7. Artificial intelligence can come handy to find\nfake news.<\/li>
    8. With the utilisation of metadata and human\ncontent moderation, government can prevent fake news, misinformation and even\npunish bad actors.<\/li>
    9. Public should not blindly trust any sensitive\nnews and should not forward it to others and should inform concerned department\nabout any fake post as soon as they come across.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      Fake news can harm both democracy and the media business. Social vigilance against it is must. Proper actions need to be taken to ensure the distinction between news, opinion, and rumour. Hence it is high time that the government should take stern measures to curb fake news menace and protect Indian democracy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Demand of the question Introduction. Contextual Introduction. Body. Dangers of fake news. What should be done? Conclusion. Way forward. In modern times, the fake news sea has become a threatening problem that endangers many of the achievements of democratic countries. The globalisation has connected the world but also led to commercialisation of fake news. The… Continue reading [Answered] \u201cWhile the world is more connected today and more people have much more information readily available at their fingertips, societies are not necessarily better informed and equipped to make the tough choices needed to address the many challenges.\u201d Comment.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":49132,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-52716","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/52716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52716"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/52716\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}