CIS Online Credibility

For this discussion, be sure to have read Module 2: The Web from your ebook. Pay particular attention to area titled “Evaluate Online Information” in Section 2.5.

Answer the following question using the “General Instructions” as a guide for your initial response and reply: On the Internet, anyone can publish anything to a website, a blog, or a social media site, regardless of whether the information is true. Recent years have seen a spike in misleading or false “news” and hoaxes that are shared as facts on social media. How can you tell fake news stories from real ones? General Instructions:1. Perform Internet research and find an article/blog/site that discusses how to measure/determine the credibility of social media news. Using supporting information from your researched article, answer the question posed above. 2. Compose a post sharing what you found, be sure to cite your source. Your message should be at least 200 words in length. 3. Return by the end of the week to comment on a peer post. Please make sure your peer reply contains 50 words.