Manipulative Information and Media

What is Manipulative Information

and Media?
Manipulative Media - Loosely defined as
any material, program, or application.
• Use to formulate new information to aid
learning through the use, analysis,
evaluation, and production of interactive
and hands-on media.
Characteristics, format and type
• Activism
• Advertising
• Hoaxing
• Propagandazing
 Activism
Activism is the practice or doctrine that has an emphasis on
direct vigorous action especially supporting or opposing one
side of a controversial matter. It is quite simply starting a
movement to affect or change social views. It is frequently
started by influential individuals but is done collectively
through social movements with large masses. These social
movements can be done through public rallies, strikes,
street marches and even rants on social media.
 ADVERTISING
Advertising is the action of attracting public attention
to something, especially through paid announcements
for products and services. This tends to be done by
businesses who wish to sell their product by paying
media outlets to show their products or services
on television breaks, banners on websites and mobile
applications.
 HOAXING
A hoax is something intended to deceive or defraud. When a
newspaper or the news reports a fake story, it is known as a
hoax. Misleading public stunts, scientific frauds, false bomb
threats and business scams are examples of hoaxes. A common
aspect that hoaxes have is that they are all meant to deceive or
lie. For something to become a hoax, the lie must have
something more to offer. It must be outrageous, dramatic but
also has to be believable and ingenious. Above all, it must be
able to attract attention from the public. Once it has done that
then a hoax is in full effect.
 PROPAGANDIZING

Propagandizing is a form of communication that is aimed at influencing

the attitude of a community toward some cause or position by
presenting only one side of an argument. Propaganda is commonly
created by governments, but some forms of mass
communication created by other powerful organizations can be
considered propaganda as well. As opposed to impartially providing
information, propaganda, in its most basic sense, presents information
primarily to influence an audience. Propaganda is usually repeated and
dispersed over a wide variety of media in order to create the chosen
result in audience attitudes.