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Category Archive: Student Work

Unvetted TikTok Content Challenges Web Fact-Checkers

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TikTok has quickly grown to become one of the most popular social media apps in the mobile industry. While it’s not officially supposed to be used by anyone under 13 (and under-18s technically need approval from a parent or guardian), nobody’s enforcing the age limits.

Posted on February 4, 2020February 4, 2020 News and AnalysisStudent Work

Survey Finds Deep Public Confusion about News vs. Opinion

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Only slightly more than half of Americans find that it is simple to determine if something is either news or opinion. The worst area of confusion is social media, where just 43 percent of people said they could easily sort news from opinion.

Posted on January 31, 2020January 31, 2020 Hunter CollegeNews and AnalysisStudent Work

TikTok: The Next Social Media Platform Awash with Disinformation

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TikTok, a social media platform popular with children and teenagers for making and sharing funny videos, is suffering from the same misinformation virus as other social media platforms.

Posted on January 28, 2020January 28, 2020 Media 211Student Work

Facebook, Politicians, and Misinformation

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Facebook’s refusal to censor political speech or false ads from politicians has given rise to a basic question: Who is considered a politician?

Posted on December 10, 2019December 10, 2019 News and AnalysisStudent Work

A Video From Kentucky, Not Syria

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As a critical news consumer, it is important to remember that even major news outlets make mistakes. Case in point: a video from Kentucky misrepresented as one from Syria.

Posted on December 9, 2019December 9, 2019 News and AnalysisStudent Work

Bolivia Protests Become the Perfect Stage for Misinformation

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In the midst of political protests, road blockages, and deadly conflict in Bolivia, raw information, misinformation and disinformation are all spreading rapidly across social media platforms. Thankfully, two relatively new fact-checking teams at ChequeaBolivia and Bolivia Verifica are helping the public determine what is real news and what is fake.

Posted on December 8, 2019December 8, 2019 News and AnalysisStudent Work

Disinformation about the 2020 Election Soars on Facebook

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Fake news stories about the 2020 election on Facebook are being produced and viewed at an unprecedented rate.

Posted on December 8, 2019December 8, 2019 News and AnalysisStudent Work

“That’s Old News!” The Harm in Sharing Outdated News Articles

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Recycled, outdated news stories are yet another threat to news consumers–especially if they get their news on social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

Posted on December 8, 2019 News and AnalysisStudent Work

The TikTok Tyrant

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TikTok is one of the world’s fastest growing social media platforms, thanks in part to its popularity with tweens and teens. But the platform is also attracting the attention of several U.S. senators because of potential threats to national security and privacy.

Posted on November 27, 2019November 27, 2019 News and AnalysisStudent Work

Twitter Bans Political Ads: But What Really Is Political?

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Twitter has banned political ads on its social media platform, but the criteria of what constitutes  “political” remains unclear.

Posted on November 26, 2019November 26, 2019 News and AnalysisStudent Work

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