Media and Information Languages PDF

**TOPIC:** Media and Information Languages a. Clickbait -- a form of false advertisement uses hyperlink text or a thumbnail link that is designed to attract attention and to entice users to follow the link then read, view, or listen to its contents. b. Propaganda -- stories that are crea...

**TOPIC:** Media and Information Languages a. Clickbait -- a form of false advertisement uses hyperlink text or a thumbnail link that is designed to attract attention and to entice users to follow the link then read, view, or listen to its contents. b. Propaganda -- stories that are created to deliberately mislead audiences, promote a biased point of view or particular political cause or agenda. c. Satire/parody -- is a type of parody presented in a format typical of mainstream journalism, and is called a satire because of its content. d. Sloppy journalism -- sometimes reporters or journalists may publish a story with unreliable information or without checking all of the facts which can mislead audiences. e. Misleading headings -- stories that are not completely false can be distorted using misleading or sensationalist headlines. f. Biased or slanted news -- media bias is the bias or perceived bias of journalists and news producers within the mass media in the selection of many events and stories that are reported and how they are covered. - **Bots** -- they reside on social media platforms, created by someone with computer programming skills, comprised of nothing but code, that is, lines of computer instructions. - **People like You,** Trolls -- when a post is accompanied by many likes, shares, or comments, it is more likely to receive attention by others, and therefore more likely to be further liked, shared or commented on. - **Microtargeting** -- one way is to use social media analytics. To understand how analytics work, we need to explain how cookies work, then show how interest groups can use information provided by cookies to find a receptive audience for their messages. - **Circular reporting or false confirmation** -- this is a situation in *source criticism* where a piece of information appears to come from multiple independent sources, but in reality comes from only one source.