Front Page News in today's media:
Front Page News is a form of news typically on the front page of a newspaper and is typically the stories that are most popular and or worthy of being on the front page. The way newspapers are organized is in a chronological type order. Newspaper companies will typically put the most important news articles and use pictures and big bold words in order to make it stand out more to the reader. The way Newspapers and the front page news is organized is similar to the way algorithms work in media.
An example of this in front page news is shown below. The way it is organized shows the most important news of the day, the front page of the newspaper uses imagery and bold words in order for that topic to stand out most to people and causes it to catch the reader's eye, therefore leading more people to read it.
Fake news and misinformation:
Fake News is everywhere in the world from social media apps, the internet, and other social media outlets. Fake news is dangerous due to the amount of young minds taking in false information, due to the lack of knowledge on a subject. The use of social media is very popular in today's society, due to the upcoming popularity in social media apps such as, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, and other internet and media sources. For example, many individuals, especially younger individuals will receive and intake information off of unreliable sources from the internet that are not backed up by fact. Individuals have taken false information from media sources and the internet and spread it across media, leading many other individuals to believe false information about subjects such as politics, celebrities, and even health.
Tiktok is a widely used app, very popular among young individuals throughout the world and has had a reputation with spreading false information, other known as Fake news and has caused a mainstream issue of false information about people, politics and even worldly issues.
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