Essay Example on End of The World As the prevalence of the media and Electronic

Maya cyclical calendar to persuade audiences After that the reporter also list the things that might happened in 2012 All this adds up Geryl said to unprecedented catastrophe First a polar reversal will cause the north to become the south and the sun to rise in the west Shattering earthquakes massive tidal waves and simultaneous volcanic eruptions will follow Nuclear reactors will melt buildings will crumble and a cloud of volcanic dust will block out the sun for 40 years Only the prepared will survive Geryl said and not even all of them In order to not being confused when we are reading news we should know how to distinguish between real news and fake people might doubt the feasibility of this opinion because they tend to believe the news rather than their own estimation The reason for causing this situation might because the status of news reports In common news reporter should be the person who transmits the truth to the public Apparently lots of reporters violate this principle However this situation not always brings the public negative influence For example in the previous news reporter provided sufficient evidence trying to prove this news One reason might be that they truly believe this is a truth but on the other hand they might want some public attention on one field In this new if the prediction is true then people would notice something they never thought before when that day is coming what should we do Where should we go If there is only several years left for my life should I spend more time doing some meaningful things Pay more attention to our earth and environment 

Those all could be the consensus behind the news itself This example is a positive one it is not hard to imagine that there will be lots of fake news that will make some negative influence on the society So we should keep a critical thinking while reading news and the best way to get a good sense of that is to focus on four parts of the news First what emotion the news trying to give us and is there too many extreme words in the article Second focus the content to see the purpose of the article and also thinking about whether the language use in the article is fair or have any bias Then determine whether the evidences provided are reliable Finally ask yourself whether you believe this information and is there any point that makes you feel that they are trying to persuade you to believe the news rather than telling a truth In a conclusion people all live among abundant information and news the phenomenon of fake news will still be existing and this fake news will consistently confuse people and society Therefore on the one hand identifying the facticity of those information should become a necessary skill for every citizen And on the other hand we can also gain experience from those fake information as the example of End of the World to improve the society and help create a better world for us Citation Brouwer Christine Will the World End in 2012 ABC News ABC News Network 3 July