Some pieces of content that go viral can be very funny and harmless, like a dance challenge or a meme. Others can be more dangerous and intend to manipulate people’s beliefs and ideas. Enter; the internet hoax. Despite whether the hoax ends up being funny or not, the intent to deceive is still present, which […]
Read more "Let’s Meet Up With Momo at Area 51: How Internet Hoaxes are Given Life"The idea of an internet hoax across social media platforms has different effects on different people. From being involved on social media platforms for years of my life, I have seen a fair share of viral hoaxes that went around. The most recent one is the Instagram scandal that celebrities reposted saying how Instagram is […]
Read more "Why internet hoaxes are harmful…"Internet hoaxes are created in order to get a reaction from the public. I would say they are harmless but definitely disruptive to people who use the internet frequently throughout their everyday lives. Although they are bothersome, hoaxes have the potential to create a lot of controversy; both good and bad. People everywhere have something […]
Read more "Whats the point of a viral hoax? Jules Moskowitz"Internet hoaxes are just what they sound like, a hoax. They are a form of media that stirs up buzz, often times creating a sense of fear or endangerment for internet users. In the moment, internet hoaxes are harmful as consumers drop everything to “protect themselves” from the deception going on, on social media sites […]
Read more "Is hoax just another word for prank?"Recently, many celebrities shared an Instagram post in hopes to protect their photos on the app, but it was fake! Instagram access and analyzes posted content including hashtags, comments, keywords and geotags. The information is used to create customer segments to sell to marketers. A social hoax is like chain mail, only worse because viewers […]
Read more "Media Check! Don’t Fall For The Hoax!"Since the dawn of social media, the common goal of obtaining the most likes and followers has always been present. We’ve all ashamedly fallen into the trap of reposting that “cursed image” you stumbled upon over Facebook that held the power of giving you 10 years of bad luck. You might’ve even sent that long […]
Read more "Share This With 10 of Your Friends or You’ll Fall Victim to the Next Internet Hoax"A hoax, according to Oxford Dictionary, is a humorous or malicious deception. Funny, right? Maybe, but not when the internet is involved. People have been “hoaxing” for centuries. The Trojan Horse was even a hoax. We hear about it in all sorts of media. We learn about it on the internet. So what happens when […]
Read more "Hoax Us, Or Poke Us? The Not-So-Magical Harm Of Internet Hoaxes"A hoax can take over social media completely and when it does no one is safe- even celebrities. Back in August, there was a hoax floating around on instagram that the popular photo sharing site was changing it’s privacy policy- making all users’ content public, even messages. Many celebrities fell for the scam and reposted […]
Read more "The Great Instagram Hoax of 2019"Many hoaxes online are simply pranks – usually not much material harm is done. There is also a degree of comedy involved, especially when celebrities and politicians become victims. When a hoax claiming that Facebook would be changing its terms of service went viral, high profile names like Usher, Julia Roberts and Rick Perry became […]
Read more "Internet Hoaxes – Funny or Dangerous?"Internet hoaxes are a fascinating phenomenon. Many have circulated throughout my time on the internet and I don’t foresee an end to these viral bouts of misinformation. While some hoaxes are quite trivial, we should still ponder the impact they have on society and why people create them in the first place. Like any form […]
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