The Classroom Where Fake News Fails is an article written in 2016 by Cory Turner and Kat Lonsdorf concerning fake news, which spread like flu in the winter, besides its consequences. In the article, Hunt discovered that her learners do not obtain from traditional channels like television or publications. Instead, they acquire it through social media, which they access through smartphones. Furthermore, students in elementary, high school and college are extraordinarily incompetent at recognizing fake news.
According to the study, school-based practice is needed to assist in fixing this issue. The authors indicate that many schools if not all, are not doing substantially enough to help pupils learn how to distinguish between fact and social media falsehood. With these assertions, I fully agree that fake news is usually gotten and spread through social media platforms. Furthermore, middle school, high school, and college students are the most notorious for identifying what is real and fake, what to forward, and what to post to their friends through their social media accounts. Perhaps we are entertained by made-up stories. They are usually titillating and spectacular, like gossip, and they frequently have a clear adversary they can blame. Fake news can be amusing and ridiculous at times. The thrill of fake news satisfies a desire to be free of the weight of our daily lives. Students are ill-equipped to assess the reliability of material found on the internet, and they still have trouble distinguishing facts from fake news.
As a definition, the news is information concerning current events. This can be done in various ways, including spoken word, postal systems, broadcast, printing, electronic communication, observer, and witness testimonies. According to the article, fake news has existed since the dawn of civilization. However, it has been accelerated by the Internet age and the restructuring of the international media environment. The propagation has numerous individual and scholarly implications.
All news reported in a perfect realm would only be founded on facts, and one would be in a position to believe the media they consume. However, and regrettably, this can not be the case. It is important to learn how to recognize incorrect information. Armed with this knowledge, my attitude about responding to the news in the future greatly changed. I must discern what is real and fake to avoid consuming and spreading fake news since it could negatively affect people in many ways. Since I get most news from the internet, I should verify first what is real and fake by checking the source and author and maintaining a critical mindset. Moreover, I would use fact-checking sites, checking for authentic images and comments to distinguish real from fake.