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Always Check It Out

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False information spreads like wildfire across social networks, particularly during primaries, midterm, and general elections.

I learned a long time ago never to believe everything you're told or read until I become engaged in checking all facts. I reject terms like fake news, witch hunt, the enemy of the people.

Never has it been easier than now to do just that. This is the reason I emphasize to all my students to become involved in an exhaustive fact-checking process. Everyone should be doubling down on facts.

The American Way

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Truth and justice is The American Way. This has always been a great nation and it will continue to be one, no matter if anyone else sees it differently. We must never allow our great future to rush in a daze.

Americans are better than this. We should stop paying attention to bogus tweets, fake news, false statements, or made up statistics which are dividing friends and families as well as attracting the ire from our closest allies.

These are the possibilities. Folks are spreading deliberate lies, or are morons with no idea what they're saying.

Social Media Issues

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The 3rd largest Social media platform and others have been experiencing problems today.

Twitter has been out sparingly today. The website is listed eBizMBA Rank | 310,000,000 - Estimated Unique Monthly Visitors | 21 - Compete Rank | 8 - Quantcast Rank | 8 - Alexa Rank | Last Updated 2016.
The Most Popular Social Networking Sites | eBizMBA

Social Media Killing TV News

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An Oxford University Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism research finds that when it comes to news, young people prefer social media over TV.

The report found that 28 percent of adults aged 18 to 24 use social media as their main source of news, compared to 24 percent for TV.

This is the first time social media has overtaken TV in the Reuters Institute’s report history, which has been conducted yearly since 2011.

About half or 44 percent say they used Facebook for news. The runner-up was YouTube, at only 19 percent.

Campus Free Expression

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About half of college students say curtailing the news media’s access to campus events in certain scenarios, such as when protesters want to be left alone 48 percent, when they believe a reporter will be biased 49 percent, and when they want to tell the story themselves on social media 44 percent, according to the findings in a a new Gallup Poll.

The survey says 75 percent of students think colleges should expose students to all types of speech and viewpoints, but a majority of students believe campus climates prevent many from saying what they believe to avoid offending others.

Media Blogs for Students

Adweek: This blog makes it simple to keep up with news in the press, television, technology, and advertising. http://www.adweek.com/

Journalism.org: Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism shares data, analysis, news, and reports through this must-read blog. http://www.journalism.org/

Newshooks: Here, readers can find articles on a wide scope of journalism-related topics. http://newshooks.com/

Mashable: This blog is still a must-read for anyone who wants to be at the cutting edge of social media and digital technology. http://mashable.com/

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Antisocial Media Motives

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Social media uses computer-mediated tools allowing people to create, share and exchange information, audio, images and videos. Terrorism has benefited and attempted to monopolize the medium that can not be controlled. Read and learn what experts are saying.

Can social media interrupt online terrorist activity? http://on.msnbc.com/1OMuX3s via @alexwitt

Social media, the new megaphone for violent perpetrators http://hosted2.ap.org/APDEFAULT/3d281c11a96b4ad082fe88aa0db04305/Articl…

A Happy Face

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Quit Facebook and become happier, this according to a new study from a global organization, which enjoys spreading knowledge of subjective well-being to a larger audiences.

The Happiness Research Institute is an independent think tank focusing on life satisfaction, happiness and quality of life. The group's mission is to inform decision makers of the causes and effects of human happiness, make subjective well-being part of the public policy debate, and improve the quality of life for citizens across the world.

MEDIA MADNESS

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Why is it that following acts of violence, which causes multiple deaths, the media keeps mentioning the perpetrator? These people who commit crimes are sick people seeking attention and the media gives it to them every time. We need to have conversations with friends and colleagues about this problem.

CITY IMAGES proposes that these criminals be left in the shadows to lurk in their own darkness. The emotional crescendo of family friends and our nation is understandable following tormented losses, most of which are caused by the growing access of guns in this country.

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