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Fake news Writer: A Reflection (based on getbadnews.com)

Yesterday, the class played a game from getbadnews.com in which we played as fake news writers. I ended up having 7,431 followers in the game. The games objectives are to deceive the people by the means of creating an account or pretending to be someone famous. As the game was finished, I was able to collect 6 badges. The badges I have collected are conspiracy, impersonation, emotion, trolling, polarization, and discredit.

I started playing the game by impersonating the president of the United States, Donald Trump but I immediately changed my twitter page in the game as a news site wherein I was able to defraud people. I attacked their emotions and gained more followers and a loyal army. I also created bots that can spread easily what I have posted or tweeted. I can guarantee you that I am now a fake news writer!

Playing the game was a very fun experience and the game shows us how news in general affects people. Nowadays, there is a widespread of fake news and as a media and information literate individual, we must be observant and knowledgeable of the things in front of our screens. Fact check if necessary, check how credible the source of information is and know what sources you should always get reliable news from.

Overall, as a former fake news writer I can now say that using social media makes a lot of things very easy, this also includes creating misleading data but one must not use the power of internet for these. Let us be responsible enough to educate and not bring terror to internet users.

E-Portfolio

by: Calalang, Christine Denise C.

11 – Galileo

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Online Identity / Avatar

Ad Analyzer

Reflection: Fake News Writer

Fake news Writer: A Reflection (based on getbadnews.com)

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