Impact of fake news on public opinion

Fake news refers to any piece of information or writing that is false and misleading and does not contain any truthful information. It is a news meant to misguide people with tons of information that is not even true. Fake news has its own advantages and disadvantages. Advantages include the use of information to deceive and gain the trust of audience and disadvantage is of the trust that people lose from media channels, news, tv. 

 Fake news spreads through various platforms on social media like Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, WhatsApp, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Telegram etc. These platforms have the power to share information from one place to another in brief period. It has the power to inform people in no time as social media has become handy and easy to use for the youngsters. Social media platforms act like fuel to the fire of being a reason in spreading fake news to every person available with an internet. 

 Public opinion is influenced by fake news and mixed information that are not fact checked or reviewed for accuracy. 

The impact of fake news on public opinion has had a massive bifurcation in the minds of the people. People are no more interested in fake news and lose their trust to misleading news information or news bulletin. Such news misleads or confuses the audience with the pieces of information they got from these platforms or tv channels. With the current news focusing on sensationalism, it becomes hard to differentiate between correct news and false news. The use of exaggerated words to grab audience attention in gaining the public eye attention.

ex A human bit the dog on the roads of ullas Nagar in Jaipur Rajasthan.

 With fake news comes harm to society and people's reputation. People are ready to jeopardise another person's reputation to gain more attention. Jeopardising someone's reputation at the cost of their life is a serious issue in today's times. 

During voting and decision making for choosing leaders the fake news is spread like a wildfire promising fake ideas, future for people in general. Thus, the impact of fake news on public opinion has a downside to it causing mistrust and limited satisfaction from these news channels. 



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