The New Satire of Deception: To fully understand the impact of deceptive satire within social media we have to consider what makes outlets like Facebook and Twitter so different from the traditional media. The peer to peer nature of these sites creates a level of trust between reader and source that even polished brands like The News Hour can’t match. But at the same time these outlets operate without gatekeepers, nobody is fact checking your cousin’s status update. We are simultaneously less guarded about what we see and more vulnerable to misinformation. Over time that misinformation forms a patina of narrative. It explains our world and gives us expectations for what we will find in it. That is an excerpt from the article linked below - written by: David Marcus thefederalist/2013/11/22/new-satire-deception/
Posted on: Wed, 07 May 2014 02:49:59 +0000
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