FA5 VODCAST 1 by MR.

BERMUDO

“The Prevailing Existence of Fake News”

Made by:

SANTOS, Kent Gabriel H.

SORIANO, John Carlo

TADIOAN, Myrelle Shane R.

UMALI, Don, Charles B.

VICENTE, Carlito Jr. A.

Sec 81- sub sec 4

YOUTUBE LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPJnqHYNdwg

 I. Distribution of tasks

SANTOS, Kent Gabriel H. (Speaker/Paper)

SORIANO, John Carlo (Speaker/Script writer)
TADIOAN, Myrelle Shane R.(Speaker/Paper)
UMALIS, Don, Charles B. (Speaker/Script writer/Editor)
VICENTE, Carlito Jr. A. (Speaker/Script writer)

II. Brief Discussion of the Topic (Podcast)

- Our topic describes the adaptability of Fake news and how it can be seen in the most
vulnerable platforms. Take for example the use of internet browsing or surfing, with
the number of netizens using the said platform, they would be prone to fake news
itself. Accompanied by manipulative people in position, trolls, bashers etc. people
may believe what they see online. Now, as mentioned in the podcast, it is very
important for people to know the value of fact checking. Not even the most reputable
nor recognizable media influencers, news articles, journalists, and/or platforms are to
be safe from fact checking. This is to promote digital literacy in accordance to the
evolving society we have today that mostly depends on reliable sources and from the
media.

III. Script

Don: Fake news is quite creating the stir, have you guys heard about it?

Myrelle:: Actually, yes. I think when I was scrolling on Facebook there was news
about it. But why so?

Carlo: I think because news regarding the alarming situation of the Philippines in
handling this fake news is getting quite out of hand, indeed.

Cali: But Myrelle I hope you don’t get victimized when scrolling around Facebook. It’s
actually the main outlet for Fake News.

Ken: Yes, Cali’s right! I just read about Travers in his article in 2020 that Facebook is
by far the fastest when it comes to spreading fake news according to research. It
was when roughly 3000 Americans were monitored by a Princeton University study
team under the direction of Andrew Guess as they used the website in the run-up to
the 2016 presidential election. Over 15% of the time, they discovered, unreliable
news sources were referred to by Facebook. On the contrary, Facebook only 6% of
the time directed consumers to reliable news websites.

Myrellel: I got your concern and thank you, guys. But don’t worry I haven’t been able
to consume fake news. I always make sure that when I open social media, what I
always do first is to fact-check. Don: I am not really familiar as to how this started but
I think that the culprit stands behind these profit-generating media, don’t you agree?

Carlo: Now, that’s an opinionated one. I hope you do not get on the hot seat for that.
However, to answer your first question, according to Shrestha and Spezzano of 2022
in their journal article, it all started because of the rampant use of people when it
comes to social media. They specifically investigated the relationship between user
traits and the possibility that they would distribute false information, and they were
able to show how the suggested attributes may be used to spot fake news
spreaders. On the datasets under consideration, their suggested method
outperforms baseline models with an average precision that ranges between 0.80
and 0.99. With that, they also demonstrated that user personality characteristics,
emotions, and writing style are reliable indicators of those who propagate false
information.

Cali: But how did it even get here in the Philippines?

Myrelle: Well, Cali. If we are going to analyse the Philippines, the last two years were
spent by the citizens in front of their gadgets. Imagine spending the whole day
without going out and all you have is your gadget. Even my grandparents learned
how to use social media.

Cali: Ohh, I didn’t realize that. Well, I certainly agree with you because I noticed that
most of the elders were able to learn how to use phones and social media. Now it’s
easier to reach them, however I think they are the most vulnerable and gullible when
it comes to analyzing fake news.

Don: Earlier, when we were briefed about this, I read about a journal article by
Escoda and research mates in 2021 that since the pandemic and the recent years
before it, it is evident that Generation Z occupies mostly the internet and fake news
are reaching them through social networks. The findings indicate that young people
in Spain utilize networks to find information, despite their surprise lack of faith in
social networks as the media they use most frequently. Since the advent of COVID-
19, they have consumed the most stuff that is relevant to politics, entertainment,
humour, and culture. On the other side, there is a clear mistrust of journalists, media,
and politicians. The conclusion is that despite the additional issue of suspicion,
media literacy is still more essential than ever. However, it may be worth
reconsidering media literacy. That is what the study tackled about and even though
our eyes are on the elders, generation z still is one of the main responsible for fake
news.

Ken: Oh, yeah! Talking about the aforementioned politics as one of the most driven
topics in social media, don’t you think it affected the whole election last campaign
period for elections 2022?

Carlo: Actually, yes. And I solely think that what driven out the agitation of people to
each other is fake news. I mean, people took advantage of social media back then
because it was first, pandemic, secondly, it’s election and it was the perfect time to
sugarcoat or market the names of candidates when in one click all your views and
perceptions about something is already believed in the world.

Cali: The proliferation of fake news cases in the Philippines is causing a stir in the
society because it made people aggressive to each other, leading to collision of
ideas, whereas one wants to be understood without accepting probable mistakes on
his or her end. I personally think this is becoming one of the major issues in the
Philippines because as to what Barcelonia published in (2022), agencies and
government officials find the rapid increase of this quite alarming already.

Myrellel: Well, since as you guys have mentioned, this particular problem is
becoming a main issue and I do agree it is because of the advancements that we are
experiencing right now especially in terms of technology. With that, don’t you think
we need a concrete body for this?

Don: What do you mean concrete body?

Myrelle: Well, an institution for example

Ken: The Philippines have a Philippine National Police Anti-Cybercrime group

whereas it investigates all cybercrimes that involves ICT criminal attacks or whatnot.

Cali: But we do not have an institution that gives clear policies regarding ICT crimes
and issues, don’t we?

Carlo: Yes, we still don’t have. But as delegates of the nation, I think what we can
advocate is the establishment of concrete bodies, clear policies, and implementation,
monitoring and others that may prevent such problems.

Cali: People such as Utama in 2021 claimed that the justice system of the
Philippines is extraordinary yet outrageous in a sense that it violated many human
rights. And I hope I could say that in today’s administration, I hope there will be a
regulating justice system and not an exploitative one.

Don: Yes, and I think we all solely believe that Fake news is becoming a social
cancer in our society. It’s an internal conflict that is hard to cure guys like a disease
that even the perpetrators do not realize what they are doing.

Myrelle: With that, I think we can wrap up here. Thank you so much to listeners. I
hope we gave you an interesting and mind opening perceptions. We trust on you,
and I hope you don’t engage in spreading fake news.

Ken: that’s right, guys! See you on next episode. Thank you Cali, Don,

Carlo: Thank you guys!