Managing People: Reflective Report on Facebook Fake News Issues

This report delves into the pervasive issue of fake news on Facebook, examining its impact on managing people and the challenges it poses to users. The student identifies the problem as the interplay between fake news reports and individual sentiments, leading to confusion, distorted awareness, and security risks. The analysis explores causes such as financial incentives, the spread of rumors, and the psychological aspects of human behavior on social media. The report then provides recommendations for mitigating the spread of misinformation, including the use of privacy cookies, efficient hoax detection systems, safety checks, user choice, automatic news verification, staff training, surveys, policy establishment, and open forums. The report emphasizes the need for maintaining user privacy and fostering ethical practices to ensure the well-being of customers. The analysis also highlights the importance of rational decision-making, effective communication, and practical exams to enhance the professional development of students and address the complexities of the issue.

Running head: MANAGING ORGANIZATION AND LEADING PEOPLE
Reflective writing on issues in Facebook
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Table of contents
Identification of the problem......................................................................................................2
Analysis of the causes................................................................................................................2
Recommendations......................................................................................................................4
References and Bibliography.....................................................................................................7

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Identification of the problem
Fake news reportings is a major issue, which acts as an interplay with the individual
sentiments of the people. This interplay contradicts the true essence of the aspect of
“managing people” within the organization. Uploading fake news in social networking sites
has created confusions within the minds of the people (Allcott & Gentzkow, 2017). Along
with this, fake news has destroyed the originality of the issues, which distorts the awareness
of the people regarding the events taking place in their surroundings. Apart from this, the
fake news has added to the security issues of the users. Out of confusion, the users commit
silly mistakes, which is a severe loss. Mention can be made of the fake news aired by Fox
News regarding firing of Megyn Kelly for backing Hillary.
Emergence of the fake news sites have added to the complexities of the people
regarding distinguishing between the real and the fake news. Unusual links of the
notifications submitted by the users destroy the reliance on the hoax detection systems (Lazer
et al. 2018). Incapability of the users to spot fake news indicates dysfunctional role of the
facebook in detecting hoax news. The challenge lies in the leakage of the fake information.
Examples can be cited of the fake news uploaded on the facebook, which created mass panics
at airports regarding the presence of gunmen.
Analysis of the causes
One of the main reasons for faking the news can be to lure more customers. Here, the
main aim is to assess the reaction of the audience towards the uploaded news. This
assessment leads to the achievement of negative outcomes. This is because upon receiving
the news, it is obvious that the people would be confused regarding sharing their views. On
the other hand, if the news is about something, which they like, they would be eagerly

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waiting for sharing it with their friends and relatives (Sunstein, 2018). However, in most of
the cases, it is seen that the people share all of the posts, which they see on their timelines.
This sharing reduces the feeling that they would suffer the consequences alone. This sharing
adds value to the preconceived notions regarding the events happening in the surroundings.
Some of the people have the habit of spreading rumours. If they come across any
news, they immediately share it on the social networking sites. This is without the
consideration that the news might not be true. Herein lays the psychological aspect of the
human mind. Under the urge of letting the people know about some new fact, they lack the
understanding to evaluate its reliability and validity (McGrew et al., 2017). This is because of
the excitement, which obliterates the basic demarcation between the right and the wrong
actions.
Sometimes calculations are done for forging fake news in order to create conflicts
between the likeminded people. Fake news enhances the diversity between people, as they
indulge in partnership with different people for excavating the reality behind the news. Most
of the people refrain from indulging into such conflicts. This is because they fear from the
taunts and mocking for not believing the news. In this context, psychology plays an important
role in terms of assessing the mindset of the people towards the social media events (Huff,
2018). In this type of mentality, the traits of the personnel like “greatness”, tactfulness” is
contradicted. In this contradiction, the aspect of social welfare is obliterated in terms of
grabbing the hot seat. Based on these perspective, the leadership aspect of the media
personnel is nullified.
Financial growth is the aim of the media personnel behind faking the news on the
social networking sites. People sharing the news add to the customer for the media.
Replacement of newspapers by the social networking sites has itself increased the sales

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revenue of the Facebook. Sometime, faking the news is intentional in terms of increasing the
stock of customers. In case of the political parameter, circulation of fake news has resulted in
the achievement of growth and development. Outrage of the politicians has created the
environment in which they can flourish. This creation is the discredit of the personnel in
terms of executing the allocated duties and responsibilities in an efficient and effective
manner. This is a wrong way in terms of ensuring the wellbeing of the people (Carlson,
2018).
Faking the news can be considered as the mentality to distort its originality. This type
of mentality is unusual in terms of gaining the attention of the customers. This approach
contradicts the true essence of the term “management”. Most importantly, approach towards
faking the news adds a negative shade to the role of the media personnel regarding passing on
the correct information to the public. Parodying the situation and presenting it to the people
created misunderstandings among the people. The personnel, on the other hand, availed
benefits through the means of developing conflicts between the people. The more people
indulged in debates, the more benefitted were the personnel towards increasing the revenue
(Conroy, Rubin & Chen, 2015).
The capability of the students to find out these issues reflects their matured thought
process. Herein lays the appropriateness of the behavioural theory, which enhances their
professionalism. Detailed analysis of the causes acts as a reasoned action in terms of reaching
to the effective solutions for proposing recommendations. Rationality in the excavation of the
issues is the reasoned action of the students in terms of gaining understanding about
respecting the individual sentiments of others.
Taking the help of the teachers and the team leaders enhances the stability in the
relationship between the teachers and the students. Here, communication plays an important

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role in solving the issues, which the students faced while preparing the presentation on the
issue of fake news in facebook.
Recommendations
Social networking sites broaden the scope and arena of the customer base. Uploading
the recent news helps the personnel to increase thee trafficking of the audience towards the
brand image. Typical example of social networking sites are Facebook, Twitter, Instagram
among others. Privacy needs to be maintained in terms of sharing the information with the
people. For this, privacy cookies need to be adopted in terms of maintaining the security of
the personal information of the people. This is mentioned in the official website for
enhancing the awareness of the people regarding the ways and means of securing the data.
One of the negative issues of the Facebook is the cyber crimes. Countering this, the issue
prevails in the other social networking sites also. The issue of fake news has its predominance
in Twitter as well as Instagram.
The users create accounts in these sites for making a widespread presence. Sharing the
information enables them to have numerous followers, enhancing their public image.
However, the users need to be rational in terms of adding friends and sharing information
with the friends. Coming across fake news is an inevitable issue, however, its reliability
needs to be assessed for gaining the approach of the customers. Herein lays the
appropriateness of the hoax detection systems, which needs efficient and flexible technology.
Regular inspection of the systems would help in averting the instances of cyber crimes.
Lackadaisical attitude in this direction would compel the personnel to encounter switch over
to Instagram and Twitter. This switchover would result in the loss of customers, spoiling the
reputation of Facebook.

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Safety checks have proved beneficial for the users in terms of assuring the wellbeing
of their loved ones in the times of disasters. One of the striking results is the drastic reduction
in the number of terrorist attacks. Allowance needs to be proper in this case, so that the users
can get the news of the disasters and alert their loved ones by sharing the news on the
Facebook. This feature overpowers Facebook as compared to Instagram and Twitter.
Supervision is needed in terms of allowing the users to use the safety systems themselves.
Absence of supervision might lead to harmful circumstances, resulting in the achievement of
negative outcomes.
Providing the people with the choice can be one of the wise steps. This is in terms of
gaining an insight into the contents, which they want to see in the social networking sites.
This helps in determining the likes and dislikes of the customers. Intentional uploading of
fake news in the news feed of the personnel would reflect unethical approach towards the
wellbeing of the customers. Automatic verification of the news can prove fruitful in terms of
transmitting authentic information to the audience. For this, flexible and efficient technology
is needed, so that the news gets verified before reaching to the users.
Training needs to be provided to the staffs regarding these technical functions.
Practical experimentation in this direction can be helpful in making the personnel aware of
the harmful effects, which the transmission of fake news can create. This training is not
applicable for the artificial intelligence systems. This is because it cannot conduct self-
assessment of the questions regarding the source. Along with this, surveys and feedbacks can
be effective towards finding the trustworthy news sources. The social media experts expose
varied reactions towards the effectiveness of survey. The results of the surveys are not to be
disclosed for maintaining the privacy of the users. Consciousness in this direction would
reflect ethical approach.

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Policies can be established for securing the news feed of the users. Typical examples
can be the privacy cookies and policies. These need to be evaluated in terms of ensuring the
wellbeing of the people. If the evaluation is done in the form of meetings, the personnel can
gain an insight into the approaches of the people towards the levied news. Interactive nature
of the meetings can enhance the decision-making skills, abilities and competencies of the
personnel. Consideration of the reviews uploaded by the people can act assistance in terms of
developing new ideas for mitigating the instance of fake news. Herein rationality would
create positive image in the minds of the customers about Facebook and uploading news and
pictures. Along with this, it would also help the personnel to achieve loyalty, trust and
dependence from the customers.
Frequent discussions and open forums need to be organized for upgrading the
communication skills of the students. Interactive nature of these sessions would clarify the
doubts of the students regarding completion of the projects in an efficient and effective
manner. Practical exams would enliven the perspectives of the students towards ethical data
collection for the project.

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References and Bibliography
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Carlson, M. (2018). Facebook in the News: Social media, journalism, and public
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Huff, M. (2018). Joint Declaration on Freedom of Expression and “Fake News,”
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Jang, S. M., & Kim, J. K. (2018). Third person effects of fake news: Fake news regulation
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McGrew, S., Ortega, T., Breakstone, J., & Wineburg, S. (2017). The Challenge That's Bigger
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