The Death of Journalism What is journalism The profession of communicating news and information to people via a conduit or medium Tightly associated with newspapers Expanded to television and video markets ID: 807994
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Slide1
Media bias
in the Information age
The Death of Journalism
Slide2What is journalism?
The profession of communicating news and information to people via a conduit or mediumTightly associated with newspapersExpanded to television and video marketsOnce a specialized profession
Increasingly fractured by rise of new media
Slide3Objectivity in the media
Seek truth and report itMinimize harmAct independentlyBe accountable and transparent
Slide4What are the traditional forms of media bias?
Editorializing at the expense of newsEvents are portrayed as positive or negativeSelective reporting of the issuesStories on the front page receive more attention
Some events or views are not covered at all
Unrepresentative coverage
of issues
‘Balanced’ coverage of one-sided issues
e.g. Dissenting views on vaccine risks vs. benefits
Slide5Site 1: Huffington Post
Slide6Site 2: Breitbart
Slide7Journalists skew to higher education
http://archive.news.indiana.edu/releases/iu
/2014/05/2013-american-journalist-key-findings.pdf
Slide8Journalists: no longer Republican
Slide9The evidence for (lack of) media bias
Media can be split intoNewsNominally objective coverageOpinionArticles intended to persuade or convince
https://www8.gsb.columbia.edu/media/sites/media/files/
JustinRaoMediaBias.pdf
Slide10What is fake news?
The original fake news is disinformation, or deliberately deceptive or uncorroborated statements presented as facts.
Slide11The ascent of fake news
Buzzfeed News
Slide12Examples
Buzzfeed News
Slide13What is fake news?
The original fake news is disinformation, or deliberately deceptive or uncorroborated statements presented as facts. Donald Trump has imbued the term with new meaning that incorporates many aspects:Mainstream media (CNN, NBC, NY Times)The use of unnamed sources in news storiesPurported media bias against Donald Trump
http://
www.politifact.com
/truth-o-meter/article/2017/
oct
/18/deciding-
whats
-fake-medias-definition-fake-news-
vs
/
Slide14Why fake news?
There are two main reasons for fake news, both of which are spread using social media and radio/internet news outlets.FinancialOver 100 Macedonian Facebook pages were used to spread fake news stories that linked to websites loaded with adsPoliticalRussia promoted thousands of ads in the 2016 election cycle to influence and inflame voters
Slide15Journalists appeal to niche audiences
Slide16You are a journalist
Write to inform and stick to the facts
Slide17You are a fake news vendor
Write for profit or chaos
Slide18https://
www.theverge.com/2017/11/1/16593346/house-
russia
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facebook
-ads
Slide19What is Facebook doing about this?
Updating our detection of fake accounts on Facebook, which makes spamming at scale much harder.Update on May 10, 2017: We’ve made updates so people see fewer posts and ads in News Feed that link to low-quality web page experiences.Update on August 9, 2017: We’ve made updates to address cloaking so that what people see after clicking an ad or post matches their expectations.Update on August 28, 2017: We’ve made an update in which repeat offenders that repeatedly share stories marked as false will no longer be allowed to advertise on Facebook.
https://
newsroom.fb.com
/news/2017/04/working-to-stop-misinformation-and-false-news/
Slide20Reporting fake news
https://newsroom.fb.com
/news/2016/12/news-feed-
fyi
-addressing-hoaxes-and-fake-news/
Slide21Slide22Social media: the tyranny of opinion?
Slide23Methods YOU can use to contain bias
What are the concrete facts presented?Numbers, effect sizes, methods, quotes.Is the article/post news or
opinion
?
Maintain skepticism of opinion; rely on context
.
Is the article from a
trustworthy source
?
Google it if you don’t recognize it
.
Do other data
contradict
the article?
Refute uncorroborated conclusions with facts