In 1973 Blumer and Katz developed 'the uses and gratification theory' arguing audiences consume media text for one or more of the four reasons.
People use media for:
-Socialisation
-Information
-Entertainment
-Surveillance
Fake news is news that is made up to annoy or to make people believe things that are not true.
-Pope Francis shocks the, endorses Donald Trump for president.
-Donald Trump sent his own plane to transport 200 stranded marines.
-Ireland is accepting Trump refugees from America
How to spot fake news:
-Who published it.
-When was it published.
-Is it backed up with data.w
When someone is bias it means that someone prefers one side of an argument to the other.
-A football referee prefers one team to another.
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