Muhammad Yousuf Ali (Part III)
The term “fake news” was first used in the 1890s when sensational reports in newspapers were common. Now does term fake news are very common in media industry like TV channels and etc. As well as in internet and social media platform. ( Wardle, 2017).
Q No. 1 What are impact of impact of Fake News?
Q No. 2 How to Control the Fake News?
Q No. 1 What are the Impact of Fake News?
Fake News have great impact/effect on the individual, general public and society.
1. Cognitive biases of recipient
The vast proliferation of online information, such as in blogs and tweets, has inundated the online marketplace. Because of the resulting information overload, humans cannot process all these information units (called memes), so we let our confirmation bias and other cognitive biases decide which ones to pay attention to, thus enhancing the spread of fake news.
2. Nudges as reflection prompts
Evidence suggests that people tend to react hastily and share fake news without thinking carefully about what they have read or heard, and without checking or verifying the information.
3. Mental immune health, inoculation and prebunking
Overlooked is the power of confirmation bias, motivated reasoning and other cognitive biases that can seriously distort the many facets of mental ‘immunity’ (public resilience to fake news), particularly in dysfunctional societies. (Norman, 2021).
4. Fifth Generation War
Fake is considered for the fifth generation war which is used for the enemy as war tools. To de-stabilized the enemy.
Q No. 2 How to Control the Fake News?
There are three ways through this we can fight from the Fake News, or control fake news.
1. Media Literacy
Media literacy is an expanded conceptualization of literacy that includes the ability to access and analyze media messages as well as create, reflect and take action, using the power of information and communication to make a difference in the world (Hobbs, 2010).
2. News Literacy
News literacy is a part of media literacy and includes having the critical thinking skills for evaluating (or judging/analyzing) the reliability and credibility of news sources AND new forms of information (that are often mistaken for journalism).
News literacy can help us recognize the difference between fact and rumor, news and advertising, news and opinion, and bias and fairness.
3. Fact Check Website
Fact-checking websites, including Snopes.com and FactCheck.org, have posted guides to spotting and avoiding fake news websites.
It is the duty of Media house, Website information creator, journalist and information produced to aware the general public students and information user about the Fake News.
How to Cite this article
M.Y. Ali (2023). What is Impact of Fake News & How to control the Fake News?
References
- Hobbs, R (2010). Digital and Media Literacy: A Plan of Action (PDF). Aspen Institute.
- Norman, A. (2021), Mental immunity: Infectious ideas, mind-parasites, and the search for a better way to think, HarperCollins, ISBN 9780063138896
- Wardle, Claire (February 16, 2017). “Fake news. It’s complicated”. firstdraftnews.org. Retrieved Dec 22, 2022