Assignment 2FA 027 - Spring 2017

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Selected Social

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Theme

• Mounting Distrust for Mainstream Media

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Research

Fake Video of A Dog’s Purpose• TMZ’s inflammatory

reporting• Misleading video editing

and article title

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http://www.theverge.com/2017/2/4/14508808/investigation-a-dogs-purpose-video-faked-video

Research

Statistics• Some decline across most

demographics• Greatest decline in young,

middle-age, and GOP

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http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2016-09-15/distrust-of-media-at-highest-level-ever

Research

Possible Reasons for Decline in Trust• Media• Elections• Modernity• Competition/Inflammatory News

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https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/09/why-do-americans-distrust-the-media/500252/

Diigo Research

• https://www.diigo.com/user/riuchi

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