Fake News

Students will be able to observe media and use their observational and analytical skills to draw conclusions about audience and rhetorical strategies.  This assignment connects to the following module learning objective (MLO): Identify audience in another's work.  Identify rhetorical strategies in another's work. Work together with peers to gain a broader understanding of how to interpret and analyze observations. Observe media and make meaning out of those observations through analysis. Compose a draft of an analytical essay using APA style.  Instructions For this assignment you’ll be analyzing the rhetorical situation, use of rhetorical appeals, and credibility in a news article. Using the strategies discussed in class and your readings, you will analyze and describe how the article you've chosen employs the rhetorical strategies discussed in the course and evaluate the article's credibility.  Follow these steps to write a cogent, 600-700 word analysis of an article . Step 1: Read/skim through the page Reliable research resources -- be sure to watch the TedEd video How to choose your news. Step 2: Read/skim through the page Fake news -- be sure to watch the video Artificial intelligence changing politics with fake images and videos. Step 3: Choose one of the articles/videos on the left side of the Fake news page (they will be in a box that says "Where does fake news come from?") to read/watch and respond to.  Step 4: Just like with the Observe and Analyze Discussion, your task is to see the concrete details happening in the news articles, not your interpretations of them (in other words, I'm asking you to be objective and tell me about what is happening in the article, not your opinion about the subject matter in the article). Use these questions to help you get started writing: What article did you choose (include the title of the article or video as well as the author/speaker name and a link)? Is there any indication of bias in the article? (For help answering this question see this: 16 Types of Media Bias and how to spot them) Who is the author of the article? What are their credentials? Who was interviewed? What knowledge do they have about this topic? What is the thesis or central idea of the text? Who is the intended audience? What questions does the author address? What are the key parts of the text? What does the author do to generate interest in the argument? How does the author convince the readers of their argument’s merit? What evidence is provided in support of the thesis? Has the author anticipated opposing views and countered them? Examine the words and phrases the author uses -- does the author's language support a particular perspective? Do you see evidence of ethos, logos, and pathos being used in the article?  What are two quotes that you thought were interesting/useful from the TedEd video "How to choose your news"? What are two quotes that you thought were interesting/useful from the video "Artificial intelligence changing politics with fake images and videos"? Step 5: After you've read the article and written down some observations and thoughts, write your first draft of Paper 1 - News Analysis. You will have 1-2 chances to revise this paper later in the term.  Your analysis will have: an introduction that gives a brief overview of the content of the analysis and an argumentative thesis statement that provides a point of view for the paper at least one body paragraph that provides the reader with a short 4-6 sentence summary of the article to provide them with the necessary context to be able to understand your analysis at least one body paragraph evaluating the credibility of the article (What are the author's credentials? What sources did they use for the article? Does the publication have a good track record of credibility? etc.) at least one body paragraph analyzing the use of ethos, pathos, and logos in the article at least one body paragraph analyzing who the audience for the article is and whether the article uses any biased language to appeal to this particular audience a conclusion that wraps things up, reiterates your main points and your thesis, and provides a "so what" Follow APA format for this paper (that means you should have a title page and you need to cite your sources in-text and on a references page). You should use 2 of the following 3 sources in your paper (cited using both in-text citation and entries on the references page):  REQUIRED: The article you chose from "Where does fake news come from" (this is the article you'll be analyzing in this paper) (Option 1): The TedEd Talk "How to choose your news" (you should use at least one quote from this talk) (Option 2): The NBC Clip "Artificial intelligence changing politics with fake images and videos" (you should use at least one quote from this clip) *************************** https://youtu(dot)be/q-Y-z6HmRgI?si=9rwdDtZSitTclxeA https://youtu(dot)be/q-Y-z6HmRgI?si=hfasKfRoX-TepKid https://guides(dot)pcc(dot)edu/c.php?g=621843&p=4331528 https://youtu(dot)be/XUoEtZphKZ4?si=tBBJtSRwmnu4jzdU These are links idk if they are showing up in the instructions