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Article evaluation
The social media article on Wikipedia is very resourceful and hits many important topics and perspectives stemming from social media.

One topic that struck my interest was the section about how social media impacted the health of teens who used it.

The article provides tons of claims for both positive and negative affects that social media has on young adults' health.

The talk section does a great job of pointing out some of the article's flaws and potentially biased topics.

The fact that so many people have access to the talk page on Wikipedia, there is a very diverse range of perspectives discussed on the talk page.

Fake News Article Plans
Add some information to the different countries sections and other various sections.

Add to Internet Trolls section.

Fake News Article Addition Bibliography
(1). Lazer, David M. J., et al. “The Science of Fake News.” Science, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 9 Mar. 2018, science.sciencemag.org/content/359/6380/1094.full.

(2). Himma-Kadakas, Marju. "Alternative Facts and Fake News Entering Journalistic Content Production Cycle." Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary    Journal, vol. 9, no. 2, July 2017, pp. 25-41. EBSCOhost, doi:10.5130/ccs.v9i2.5469.

(3). Burkhardt, Joanna M. "Combating Fake News in the Digital Age." Library Technology Reports, vol. 53, no. 8, Nov/Dec2017, pp. 5-33. EBSCOhost, 199.245.164.25:2048/login?url= http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=126274669&site=ehost-live&scope=site.

(4). Waldrop, M. Mitchell. "The Genuine Problem of Fake News: Intentionally Deceptive News Has Co-Opted Social Media to Go Viral and Influence Millions. Science and Technology Can Suggest Why and How. But Can They Offer Solutions?." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 114, no. 48, 28 Nov. 2017, pp. 12631-12634. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1073/pnas.1719005114.

(5). Galvin, Gaby. “From Trump to Other Leaders: The Globalization of 'Fake News'.” U.S. News & World Report, U.S. News & World Report, www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/articles/2017-12-30/how-fake-news-charges-spread-around-the-globe.

(6). “Fake News Hurts Trust in Media, Mainstream Outlets Fare Better: Poll.” www.reuters.com, 30 Oct. 2017, www.reuters.com/article/us-media-fakenews/fake-news-hurts-trust-in-media-mainstream-outlets-fare-better-poll-idUSKBN1D002S.

Fake News Article Draft
Not only is fake news found in politics, but also in areas like vaccination, stock values and nutrition (1). -

Trust in mainstream media fell greatly in 2016 with 51% of Democrats and 14% of Republicans expressing “a fair amount” or “a great deal” of trust in mass media as a news source (4). -

Due to the fair amount of fake news in 2016, it became hard to tell what was real in 2017. Donald Trump tweeted or retweeted posts about "fake news" or "fake media" 176 times this year as of Dec. 20, according to an online archive of all of Trump's tweets. (5). -

Research has shown that fake news hurts social media and online based outlets far worse than traditional print and TV outlets. "Overall, 58 percent of those surveyed said that as a result of becoming aware of fake news they had less trust in social media news stories about politics or elections. For mainstream media, the figure was 24 percent." (6). -

Countries like Brazil also have problems with fake news and according to a survey have a greater number of people that believe fake news influenced the outcome of their elections (69%) whereas in the United States it was only (47%) (6). -

Perhaps what is causing fake news to be created is the workspace and pressure of newsrooms. Research shows that the sometimes faulty news may be due to amount of time people are given to "fill slots" (2).

The opening of the internet to the people in the 90s was a movement meant to allow them access to information. Over time, the internet has grown to unimaginable heights with tons of information coming in all the time which allows the internet to be a host for plenty of unwanted, untruthful and misdirecting information that can be made by anyone (3).