Nasau Singleton & Khamyrn Madison
November 8th, 2024
"E&S Students Josiah Thomas, Jasiah Watson taking photos for journalism class"
In recent years the spread of Miss/Disinformation has grown rapidly and caused a vision in the world. We did an experiment and spoke with several Carver students to see how likely they are to spread false information.
We told students false information about Kamala Harris to see how they feel about it and how likely they are to spread information. One of the false comments was “Did you know that Kamala said if she is elected all african american history will be removed from colleges except HBCUs. 12th grader Ammanuel Abebe said he is not likely to spread this information because he really doesn't care.
“I mean, i don't care about it," Abebe said. “It's a bad thing but if i'm being honest i really don’t feel no type way."
When asking 12th and 10th graders what they think about receiving false information many had different opinions about it. We asked Andrea Santo if she thinks misinformation and disinformation is a big problem in this generation and how she feels about it. She feels as though there are many sources that can give off false information that can lead others into believing the information and passing it on as true information.
“Yes, i think misinformation and disinformation is a big problem because there are a lot of resources that aren't completely true and information can be spread very easily," Santo said.
During this interview we realized most misinformation and disinformation comes from being to leave to actually take the time and do the research on the information to see if it's correct before reacting to it or going to spread it.
"It's very easy just to not confirm it and that would be misinformation because it's not fully true," said Nazifa Khan, an 11th grader.
We asked 10th grade Shane Howard did he know that VP Kamala Harris stated in her last press conference that she is planning on making the class of 2026 school year round if elected for president. He stated that he does not care that much about it and when i asked did he know about this information he stated that he didn't know and he was not likely to repeat the information because he doesn't care.
We asked 11th grader Maysa Looper have she ever received false information that caused trouble and if so what was the consequences behind it
“The person that lied, we don't talk anymore," Loper said.
We also asked 12th grader Andrea Santo how she thinks misinformation spreads in schools
“I think misinformation spread from half truths or just blatant lies," Santo said.
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