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CRITICAL THINKING APPLIED TO INFORMATION: MEDIA & SOCIAL NEWTORKS Here are some concepts that are worth to understand
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Related Links: How to Spot a Liar (TED Talk) |
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1. POST-TRUTH and FAKE NEWS According to the English Oxford Dictionary a Post-Truth is a claim that does not take into consideration facts or evidence and appeals to emotional responses and personal beliefs of the subjects such claims are directed to. Post-truth approaches consider that conveying the truth is not important. See also the concepts of Truth, Belief and Knowledge. FACEBOOK tool: How to Spot Fake News Facebook has introduced a new tool to help users spot fake news stories but not everybody has access and the tool is difficult to find. So we transcribed the information into this page from the link above: The 10 tips for spotting fake news are:
2. ADVERTISING, PROPAGANDA, and RHETORIC Advertising is the action of calling for attention. Usually the word is associated to the promotion of products for human consumption, but it is also used in other settings such as animal and huma ethology for exampl; peacocks advertise their quality as a mate by showing off their tails, some humans advertise their mating quality by driving expensive flashy cars. Propaganda, in the most neutral sense, means to disseminate or promote particular ideas. Propaganda is a form of communication that attempts to achieve a response that furthers the desired intent of the propagandist. Originally the word propaganda meant “planting ideas” and was quiet a positive notion. Teachers plant ideas in children’s minds for example.But with the rise of Nazism, the term got a negative connotation. Rhetoric is the art or skill of speaking or writing formally and effectively especially as a way to persuade or influence people. It has little regard for the truth and evidence. 3. PERSUATION, INDOCTRINATION and MANIPULATION
Both manipulation and indoctrination request unquestioned obedience. Persuation depends on the critical skills of teh receiver of the information and his willingness to comply. I a person is persuaded, she accepts a certain level of cumplicity. |