Can You Spot the Fake News?

Fake news, Fake sites, Fake information...Where is the truth? How do I find it?

Information sharing has officially moved away from things like TV, newspapers, and radio. Psychology suggests that we have an innate tendency to share information with each other. 

Askew (2017) commented that, 

People tend to trust what they read in the news, because low and behold, it’s the news, which is written by trained journalists. When Facebook first caught fire, people started spreading images with due warnings about everything from Monsanto to onions removing flu bacteria from the air if kept in your bedroom.

To be honest, I find most of "Breaking News" when I see it on FB. If it is of importance to me, I then move on to the news sites to find more information. It's quite interesting when I do this and the information contradicts each other. I tend to believe what I see on CNN.com versus what my great Aunt's neighbor might post. But are the news sources posted by trained journalists accurate? 

Take a look at the below chart of reliability (adsource media) of news sources. It is updated every few months. Where do you get your information? Do you care about the credibility of the info? 

Share in the comments your thoughts about 'fake' news. 

Osatuyi, B. (2013). Information sharing on social media sites.Links to an external site. Computers in Human Behavior, 29, 2622-2631.

Lauren Askew, https://miappi.com/reliability-of-social-media-news-source/

https://www.adfontesmedia.com/