How to Develop a Well-Informed Public in Australia?

Facts

Fake News

Rumours

Alternative Facts

False Sources

"Trolls"

Difficult to have a well informed public

Public

Create their own opinions

Gain Information From:

Facebook

Pranks

Public in the dark

Don't watch the news

Don't listen to the radio

Fake News

Media

Trustworthy?

Truth

Trusting the journalists to tell the truth

Hatred for outcome/people

Forming opinions from their actions

Biased opinions?

Credibility

Editing/Telling of a Story

Manipulation

Controlling what you see

Focus on what they want you to see

Making one piece of info seem like another

Same path of only listening to the media

Some go against the flow

Älternate facts

Reason

Medical Studies

News Channels

Live feeds

Twitter

Journalists post stories

Post Stories online

Fastest way to get the stories out to public

Stories retweeted

TV Broadcasts

Radio

Word of Mouth

Interpretation of news

Form opinions with no facts

Scared to lead by power

Public #

Don't want to be ruled by power

Some get wrong info

Bias

Rupert Murdoch

Distraction Stories

"Fluffy Stories"

Serious/Scary Stories

Korean Nukes

Trump and World War 3

Scared of the media/world

Professionals Editing

Fact Checking

Wikileaks

Views/Interpretation

Do the public want to hear the truth?

Does the public care?

Owns 70%

News

Social Media

TV

Newspaper

Dying art form

Increasingly popular

High School

Celebrities

Claiming their news is real

Fastest way to get news out to the public

Sometimes full of errors

Spelling

Facts

News Cycle

New story comes out

Paper less popular

Paper becoming thinner

Updates in a week

Updates in a month

Any new leads later?

Impact on Public

positive

negative

Shedding light on important subjects

Exposing illegal activity

Expressing the wrong view

Cultures

Muslims = all are terrorists

Disabilites

Autistic people

Jumping to conclusions on a crime

Animal cruelty wins

Innocent has been framed

Don't wait till all info has been revealed

How to fix it?

Monitor system

Web controlled

Google

Algorithms to to stop the flood of fake news/websites

Germany

Fines if found

Filters out false news

Facebook

International Fact Checking Network (IFCN)

User flag articles they believe are false

Articles go to IFCN for fact checking

Doesn't prevent sharing or deleting of false news

Tag on article preventing it from popping up on your feed

Pop ups

Downloadable software

For companies and public to use

Pro tip icon

Tips on surfing for research

Sound the alarm when you click on a fake news site