false truths

After completing the literature review, we identified the gaps in our knowledge, which we would need to fill in order to realise a solution. The methods we chose to employ are a survey, a social experiment and a content analysis. We chose these methods because they would all achieve different outcomes, but at the same time we hoped to be able to cross-reference some of the results in order to gain a better understanding of the topic.
Initially, we chose to run a survey to gain a greater understanding of people’s use and levels of trust for various information sources and authority figures. We also asked a few questions to help inform the format for our final outcome.
A social experiment was devised so we could learn first-hand what it was like to be the manipulating force when it comes to passing on information.
Finally, we chose to conduct a content analysis on different newspapers’ lead stories and opinion pages to gain an understanding of the different biases portrayed. We wanted to learn how these manifested themselves to help inform us on the way we set up content for our final outcome.