ENGL A101 - English Writing Skills Assignment 2: Summarizing and Essay

This document presents a completed English writing assignment from ENGL A101, focusing on enhancing writing skills. The assignment includes three key components: a summary of a provided text defining fake news, a paraphrasing exercise on the definition and history of fake news, and a comprehensive essay exploring the topic of "alternative facts" in media. The summary concisely captures the core ideas of the original text, the paraphrasing clarifies complex information, and the essay delves into the role of alternative facts in modern media and their impact on society, drawing on sociological perspectives and providing a well-structured argument. The assignment demonstrates proficiency in summarizing, paraphrasing, and essay composition, supported by references to academic sources.

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Table of Contents
Question 1: Summarizing................................................................................................................3
Question 2: Paraphrasing ................................................................................................................3
Question 3: The essay......................................................................................................................4
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................5

Question 1: Summarizing
What is the fake news exactly?
Fake news is meant to be mislead. This is inclusive of the part of the news that is consisting of
the deliberate disinformation which spread with print media, mass media and social media
(Cooke, 2017). Due to spreading of fake use the society gets trust on wrong information. In
addition to this, the fake new has huge impact on the democracy. Thus, internet such as social
media has widely manipulated the landscape that how the information needs to consumed and
shared. Henceforth, this can be stated that creating the fake news can go viral like wildfire and
this can also given wrong message to individuals. It can create the negative environment in
society.
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Question 2: Paraphrasing
Definition and history
Fake news can be termed out as the news articles that can be intentionally and verifiably false.
This can spread the wrong message and also can mislead the readers. Sometimes, the adults and
literate individual also put their focus on the news articles that have political implication
( Himma-Kadakas, 2017). Therefore, the impact of fake news can be outlined in the following
context such as-:
 The one of the fake news that was incorrectly report was that Donald Trump had
removed a bust of Martin Luther King Jr. from the oval office in the white house.
 Sometimes, the false statement uses by the politician can also spread the wrong
message.
 This also contains from the rumours that do not originate from any specific news
articles.
 Thus, the use of conspiracy theories that can be typical to verify true or false.
 It is also contains some of the information that is slanted or misleading but not outright
false.

Question 3: The essay
Introduction
An alternative is one of the choices that termed out as set of given options and typically the
options are opposites of each other. Face is termed out as statement that gives some particular
information about the topic. In addition to this, it can be stated that An alternative is one of the
choices that is inclusive of the set of given options that mainly typically has the options that are
opposites of each other (Larsen, 2018). This is termed out as the feeble effort that aids to
promote what might be one's "truth" as an actual fact. The mislead information can give wrong
message to individuals. This creates the wrongful message in the society. Therefore, this can be
stated that "In modern media terms, that might mean a person that is quick to share a political
article on social media and this also supports their beliefs, but is more likely to fact-check the
story if it doesn't
Body
Should alternative facts be given a voice in the media?
This can be termed out as Mass media is a significant force in modern culture. It is inclusive of
the includes television, radio, advertising, movies, the Internet, newspapers, magazines, and so
forth. In addition to this, it can be stated that there are some of the unexplained facts about
voice that as humans must need to know. From the pressure on nerves taken while whispering,
to shouting. factual judgements. For some of the people who identify strongly with one side of
the political spectrum or the other, it can feel like their opponents are will-fully ignoring the
facts. In addition to this, it can be stated that sociological perspectives on the role of media exist
and this is mainly depends on things such as the limited‐effects theory, the class‐dominant
theory, and the culturalist theory.
conclusion
Hereby, this can be concluded that greatest, strongest facts that ever existed In today’s pass
notes. Misleading information can bring negative impact within the society. Also, fake fake
news exactly has been outlined so that wrong information needs to not be passed to others.

REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Cooke, N.A., 2017. Posttruth, truthiness, and alternative facts: Information behavior and critical
information consumption for a new age. The library quarterly. 87(3). pp.211-221.
Himma-Kadakas, M., 2017. Alternative facts and fake news entering journalistic content
production cycle. Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal. 9(2). pp.25-
40.
Larsen, A.O., 2018. Constitutional law in an age of alternative facts. NYUL Rev.. 93. p.175.
Cooke, 2017 Himma-Kadakas, 2017. Larsen, 2018.