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MBA, Ph.D in Management
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Critical Thinking Case Study: Protecting Yourself from Fake News and False Product Claims
1. Read the following articles:
New York Times:
Maheshwari, Sapna. (2016) How Fake News Goes Viral: a case study. New York Times Nov 10, 2016. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/20/business/media/how-fake-news-spreads.html?_r=0 .
Fox News:
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/12/05/how-internet-conspiracy-theory-led-gunman-into-dc-pizza-parlor.html
Huffington Report:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/fake-news-guide-facebook_us_5831c6aae4b058ce7aaba169
Snopes.com
http://www.snopes.com/pope-francis-donald-trump-endorsement/
BBC News on Pizzagate
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38231532
http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-38156985
2. Which of the above sources is most credible to you and why and which is least credible and why not?
3. What do you think is the objective for an individual, organization or government agency [foreign or domestic] to publish and promulgate a fake news stories or make false product claims
4. What case study would you choose to illustrate this problem if you were the instructor of this class?
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