IMPACT OF FAKE NEWS ON SOCIETY

Fake News - Reasons and Impact 

Spreading of fake news can result into incorrect people opinion orientation, which in turn causes harm to the society. TV news reports have the role of guiding public opinion, and if fake news appears in news programs, it will not only waste viewers‟ time and energy, reduce their emotional experience, but also hurt the feelings of the masses, and they will feel that they have been deceived. In turn, it is misleading in thinking and behavior. If this problem is not effectively resolved, it will affect the healthy and harmonious development of society and increase social instability . Secondly, fake news leads to infringements, which in turn causes economic losses to television stations. 

News practitioners who report fake news often need to compensate the victims, and serious ones may be held criminally responsible . This is something that all colleagues do not want to see. Therefore, we must try our best to eliminate fake news. In the end, fake news damages the image of the TV station, and fake news will cause damage to the image of the party or government to a large extent. News should be the microphone of the party and government's policies and proposals. Government departments need to rely on news programs to carry out ideological and political work for the entire society. Therefore, news actually represents the voice of the country. If fake news is not contained, it will not only affect the credibility of government departments, but also damage the image of TV stations.