The Powerful Effect Of Fake News

From the beginning days of the printing press to the always evolving internet of present day, the media has greatly evolved and changed over the years. No one can possibly overstate the influential power of the new media of television on the rest of the industry. The media is manipulated in all manners, for example through professional public relations (PR), and covert and overt government propaganda which disseminates propaganda as news. What are often deemed as credible news sources can often knowingly or unknowingly be pushing political agendas and propaganda. The effect of fake news it taking a toll on society especially towards the younger generation, the news is causing society to have a fake conception of what is actually going on in the world.

Fake news in today’s society is becoming more and more popular, whether it is on Television or any form of media. The research potential on this topic is substantial; looking at many different sources such as websites, Television shows, research journals, web articles, the evidence should be easy to find to say the least. Television as well continues to influence the media, which recently an era of comedic television shows that specialize in providing “fake news” has captivated. The groundbreaking The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and its spin-off The Colbert Report have successfully attracted the youth demographic and have become the new era’s leading political news source. The effect of fake news has become a great issue in today’s society and there is a lot of information and research on the topic. Just by googling, “effects of fake news” I was able to open up many liable links to journal entries and newspaper entries on the topic. The topic is a widespread phenomenon in the United States and Canada and people are talking about it in all mediums.

I hope to get a better understand of this topic while I continue to broaden my research. The topic is one that intrigues me and I hope to discover a lot of new...