Knowledge is power. I believe that the more you know, the more capable you are in making the right choices towards your goals. Everyday we use sources to increase our knowledge, but how do we know that the information we get is true? Can we believe what we read, hear and see? How do we separate the facts from the fables? Today, we have more access to information than ever before. Where newspapers, radion, and TV where the main sources 30 years ago, is now the internet the place to be.
And since the world added the term “Fake News” to out vocabulary, people start questioning more. In this article of the New York Times, they discuss how much of the internet is fake, which my question back is; but who says this article tells us truth. Everybody with a device and anytype of internet service can share their thought with the rest of the world. Yes, this is positive because the world get more open and connect, but on the other hand, people can say whatever they want, there are no rules what you can and can’t say, and let’s say you are kicked off the internet, you make a new account and you start again
Being Connected
Facebook consider itself as a platform where people can connect, you share with your friends your photo’s and stories, and you can like and comment on others. Facebook is created by Marc Zuckerberg and other Harvard Students, because they wanted to create platform with the mission to make the world more open and connected. The benefits of being connect by using Facebook for example, is that you can still in contact with the friends you met on the other side of the world, or you can see whats happening in the world by scrolling down you timeline feed. but, if it comes to a real relationship, can we replace the emotional contact with a person by a text of a video? I feel like we can’t. I believe texting, Facetiming, or sending emoji’s is something you can use to express you emotions, to let them know how you think about someone in a particular way, but it can never replace the emotional side of a real conversation, a real hug, or kiss.
The role of Journalists
As I mentioned before, how we consume the news has changed over the years. This change has consequences not only for the consumers self, but also for the creaters of the news. As humans, we give a article, video, or phote only three seconds to get our attention. Also, everyone can share their news by writing blogs, or having a Youtube channel, that’s why journalists have to be more creative to spread their news to get the same engagement, but with all the competitions, the credible can led behind. Bus as a journalist you are resposible that your news has fundamental sources, because if we, as the one whose job is to spread the news, shares fake news, what can people still believe?
~ Daphne Nierop
“The most fundamental change is that more of the responsibility for knowing what is true and what is not rests with each of us as individuals”
Daphne Nierop 