Issues in Digital Media

The alleged author is Katherine Pham-Huynh and the website that it is associated with is America Live, however to access this news article, it is under a wix domain. The author identity is not verified and there is nothing that links to the author’s biography page. This post most likely was originated from within the U.S since net neutrality has blown up in previous weeks  due to massive backlash against the FCC.

The main content of the article was that the FCC’s decision of net neutrality will be regulated by their internet service providers. The title screams out, “Is the Internet Doom for Good?” and this could capture many viewers’ attentions because of how net neutrality might actually be destroyed by the Trump administration and at the hands of Ajit Pai. This article chooses to talk about the general issue of net neutrality, while also touching on other topics such as EA and Trump. This could be that the article is leaning more in favor of a younger demographic and wants to lure more readers in with different subjects. However, this is also a suggestion that this article does not have any concrete evidence that their claim for net neutrality has changed since the actual FCC vote occurs this upcoming Thursday.

Their grab for attention could have many readers believing that net neutrality has taken a downfall, however there are small details that leak out from this article. For example, quotes such as “Facebook, Google and Twitter has banded together and made a cult” or the caption underneath Ajit Pai’s photo. It shows that the article is playing along the lines of real news and satire. They include both real quotes from President Trump and Ajit Pai but, they also use fake quotes. President Trump never said, “ Congratulations FCC on its win against net neutrality!” but, the FCC hasn’t even voted yet. Another direct fake quote from Ajit Pai would be, “What’s done is done and there’s nothing to save net neutrality.” the author of this article use these real and fake quotes to point a trajectory to make the reader think that this a legitimate article.  

This article is engineered to provoke chao-inducing emotions that creates more backlash against the FCC and Ajit Pai. Since net neutrality is currently a hot topic, when there are articles about the updates from the FCC, many readers will gravitate to it since they want to be in the loop.

Yes, I think this could've fooled me for a few moments until I read the caption or the part about the cult. This article had some lies and truth but it was unable to manage being a real news article.