Writing Homework Help

I’m working on a communications writing question and need a sample draft to help me learn.

• First, find an example of a fake news story online. This should be a story that includes elements of deception that we learned about in this lesson. You can identify the deception yourself or choose an example that someone else exposed as deceptive.
• Discuss the following elements of perception related to your story:
  1. What about this article might make it stand out? In other words, why might someone notice this during the selection process?
  2. How would organization impact how this article was received by the audience?
  3. Discuss the interpretation of this article. What information does the article convey? What is the actual truth? How might someone be able to tell this is misinformation?
• The essay should be a minimum of 800-1000 words but no more than 1400.
• Please include a word count at the bottom of your responses and BOLD any course terms or concepts.
• Discuss the following elements of deception related to your story:
  1. What type or types of deception exist in the story? Include specific examples (quotes) along with the types you’ve identified.
  2. What clues exist in the story that this might be deceptive?
  3. What are things that you, personally, do to avoid misinformation online?

  learned in lesson:

• technology that impacts human communication: 1993 Mosaic Tim Bernerles
• Television 1930’s, Eniac 1944, and Arpanet 1969