I. Your assignment is to read and evaluate this article:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/26/magazine/how-fake-news-turned-a-small-town-upside-down.html

II. You are to answer these questions in a PowerPoint Presentation:

1. Who is conveying this message?
2. What incentive might they have to convey information from this perspective?
3. What language and media (e.g., text, audio, video, graphics) are they using to describe this message?
4. What audience is this message crafted for?
5. How are these points valid or in opposition to current research?
6. What communication strategies and representations might the field take to refute misinformation?
7. What is Fake News?
8. What can you do to spot Fake News?
9. How can you become skilled at identifying sources and double-checking what is presented as hard fact? (List specific strategies)
10. Which sources can you use to identify Fake News?

III. Assignment Requirements:

• You must include a minimum of ten (10) PowerPoint (PPT) slides.
• Only professionally prepared submissions will be graded (college-level expectations).
• Proper grammar usage is required.