Graduation Year
2018
Document Type
Campus Only Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Humanities: Interdisciplinary Studies in Culture
Second Department
Media Studies
Reader 1
Andrew Aisenberg
Reader 2
Mark Andrejevic
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2018 Taylor A Galla
Abstract
In an age of ever-expanding digital communication platforms and the presence of news online becoming paramount, the amount of information being shared and the truth of that information is becoming more and more difficult to track. The power of these social platforms is one that all should recognize and reflect upon in terms of their use of them, and reliance on them for the information they need. This thesis seeks to explore this power and the ways in which to remedy the falsities spread on the platforms faster than ever before, through photographic journalism.
Recommended Citation
Galla, Taylor, "DANGERS OF THE NEWS(FEED): AN EXPLORATION INTO FAKE NEWS, PHOTOGRAPHIC TRUTH AND THE POWER OF DIGITAL COMMUNICATION ON FACEBOOK" (2018). Scripps Senior Theses. 1208.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/1208
This thesis is restricted to the Claremont Colleges current faculty, students, and staff.
