Fake News and Cyber Propaganda

 

Fake News and Cyber Propaganda: The Use and Abuse of Social Media

                                          

When the term “fake news” comes up, people usually think of social media posts with rather fantastic, implausible stories. While posts shared on social media is its most visible aspect, there is so much more to fake news than exaggerated article titles on social media feeds.

Fake News and Cyber Propaganda

Fake news may seem new, but the platform used is the only new thing about it. Propaganda has been around for centuries, and the internet is only the latest means of communication to be abused to spread lies and misinformation.

Fake News Triangle

The fire triangle represents the three elements a fire needs to burn: oxygen, heat, and a fuel. Similarly, fake news requires three different items to succeed. These collectively represent the Fake News Triangle: without any one of these factors, it is unable to spread and reach its target audience.

The first requirement: tools and services for manipulating and spreading the message across relevant social media networks, many of which are sold in various online communities from across the globe. A wide variety of tools and services are available; some are relatively simple (paid likes/followers, etc.), while some are more unusual—some services promise to stuff online polls, while some force site owners to take down stories. In any case, the tools and services for social media promotion are readily available, both inside and outside the underground scene.

Countermeasures

Governments, companies, and users are all waking up to how serious public opinion manipulation—as manifested in “fake news”—can be.

Governments are starting to recognize that fake news is something that must be actively fought. Various government agencies are now setting up services to debunk stories that they consider to be false. They are also considering imposing regulations and punishing sites that do publish misinformation.

The targets of these new regulations would include social networking services. This would make fake news very bad for business indeed, and so they’re taking steps to fight it. The steps being taken include the suspension of bot/suspicious accounts, adding features to allow users to report fake news, and hiring more personnel to help deal with these reports.

Stop Playing PUBG

 Warning Signs of PUBG Addiction

Video game addiction is a real mental health condition recognized by the World Health Organization. They have a set of three criteria as warning signs:

1. Impaired control: Gamer is unable to control or limit their gameplay.
2. Loss of interest in other activities: Gamer’s life revolves around gaming instead of gaming revolving around their life.
3. Continuing to play despite negative impact: Gaming is causing significant harm to their grades, employment, or relationships.

These are the three biggest warning signs for PUBG addiction, but there are others as well, such as being deceptive, experiencing withdrawal symptoms, using gaming to escape, or being unable to focus without playing games.

How to Combat PUBG Addiction

Don’t wait for the problem to get worse. Take action now. Here are a few practical strategies you can implement:

Step 1: Limit gaming. Bring your gaming down to two hours or less each day. Require homework and exercise to be complete first before any access is granted. You may find it helpful to create a family screen time contract.

Step 2: Find more activities. Here is a list of replacement activities. Keep gaming from being the only thing you do. Make sure you are spending more time outside in nature, increase your face-to-face interactions, and find competitive outlets such as sports.

Step 3: Improve communication. Stop calling them an addict. Whether they are or not, this only creates more conflict in the family. Remember that rapport creates trust, trust creates leverage, and leverage is required for influence. Spend more time together hiking or doing activities together on the weekends. Consider changing up your communication and parenting styles.

Implement these strategies and they will help you or your friend turn their PUBG addiction around. 

Effects of PUBG Addiction, Look for these symptoms in your child:

• There will be an inherent change in behavioural pattern that manifests due to a strong association to PUBG gaming.
• An Increased priority to gaming can be seen over other activities, and continuation of gaming despite negative consequences.
• You eventually are drawn towards performing better and better than others.
• Change in Sleep patterns.
• Health issues like headache and eye pain
• Loss of interest in studies and loss of memory power
• Loss of interest in real world relationships

Few measures to get rid of PUBG Addiction for children:

• Stop playing and Stay focused and be strong to face the psychological battle against temptations and the exercise of discipline. Get engaged in any physical activity or hobby of your interest.
• Find better ways of entertainment; think about the valuable TIME that it doesn’t come again.
• Value your health; be involved in gaming only to the level that it doesn’t harm your health.
• Spend time with your family members and friends; it is better than anything else.
• Find a distraction or goal worthy of your attention. Think about getting a good record for your studies.
• Learn how to manage your time and prioritize your life events, so that you give time to high priority things before you can play.
• Stop discussing, Avoid talking about it with your friends
• Stay away from video suggestions of PUBG on YouTube and social media; otherwise it will drag you back on the same track

Self Esteem

SELF ESTEEM

We all know that self-esteem sometimes referred to as self-worth or self-respect, can be an important part of success. Too little self-esteem can leave people feeling defeated or depressed. It can also lead people to make bad choices, fall into destructive relationships, or fail to live up to their full potential. A grandiose sense of self-esteem, as exhibited in narcissistic personality disorder, can certainly be off-putting to others and can even damage personal relationships.

Self-esteem levels at the extreme high and low ends of the spectrum can be harmful, so ideally, it's best to strike a balance somewhere in the middle. A realistic yet positive view of yourself is generally considered the ideal. But what exactly is self-esteem? Where does it come from and what influence does it really have on our lives?

What Is Self-Esteem?

In psychology, the term self-esteem is used to describe a person's overall sense of self-worth or personal value. In other words, how much you appreciate and like yourself.

• Self-esteem is often seen as a personality trait, which means that it tends to be stable and enduring.
• Self-esteem can involve a variety of beliefs about yourself, such as the appraisal of your own appearance, beliefs, emotions, and behaviors.

Why Self-Esteem Is Important

Self-esteem can play a significant role in your motivation and success throughout your life. Low self-esteem may hold you back from succeeding at school or work because you don't believe yourself to be capable of success.

By contrast, having a healthy self-esteem can help you achieve because you navigate life with a positive, assertive attitude and believe you can accomplish your goals.

Self-Esteem Theories

Many theorists have written on the dynamics involved in self-esteem. The need for self-esteem plays an important role in psychologist Abraham Maslow's hierarchy of needs, which depicts self-esteem as one of the basic human motivations. Maslow suggested that people need both esteem from other people as well as inner self-respect. Both of these needs must be fulfilled in order for an individual to grow as a person and achieve self-actualization.

It is important to note that self-esteem is a concept distinct from self-efficacy, which involves how well you believe you'll handle future actions, performance, or abilities.

Factors That Influence Self-Esteem

As you might imagine, there are different factors that can influence self-esteem. Genetic factors that help shape overall personality can play a role, but it is often our experiences that form the basis for overall self-esteem. Those who consistently receive overly critical or negative assessments from caregivers, family members, and friends, for example, will likely experience problems with low self-esteem.

Additionally, your inner thinking, age, any potential illnesses, disabilities, or physical limitations, and your job can affect your self-esteem. 

Signs of Healthy Self-Esteem

You probably have a good sense of who you are if you exhibit the following signs: 

• Confidence
• Ability to say no
• Positive outlook
• Ability to see overall strengths and weaknesses and accept them
• Negative experiences don't impact overall perspective
• Ability to express your needs

Signs of Low Self-Esteem

You may need to work on how you perceive yourself if you exhibit any of these signs of poor self-esteem: 

• Negative outlook
• Lack of confidence
• Inability to express your needs
• Focus on your weaknesses
• Excessive feelings of shame, depression, or anxiety
• Belief that others are better than you
• Trouble accepting positive feedback
• Intense fear of failure

Save Our Planet

I don't think there is anything wrong in saying that , out of 8.7 million species in the world , the most dangerous and harmful animal to the nature is none other then we Humans .
And someone has rightly said that

" Smoking is good for environment
Because it kills Humans "

According to me I think , we are the only living creature in this world who is damaging and destroying our own planet's environment and nature .
All the other creature of the world helps our environment to sustain longer , by their different respective ways they can do .

Nature is giving us a lot of things and in return we are just destroying it directly or indirectly .

We humans are just busy in taking the good things from the nature and what do we give it back , poisonous gases , dirty water , polluted lands , as a return gift to it .
At last i wanna say just one thing , that
There is nothing wrong in using the things of our environment they are for us only (living things ) but my point is that why only taking , we can give back to it also .
Like by growing more and more trees , by respecting the things which we get from it , by not polluting our beautiful environment .
If not for me , do it for the coming generation , your coming children and grandchildren .
Don't they have any right to live in pollution free air , land and drink pollution free water ??
Thank You .

Humanity

                                Humanity

If there has been a momentous time for humanity to exist it is now.
Bcoz the present you is brave .
The present you is hopeful.
The present you is innovative and resourceful.
And of course the present you is annoyingly indefinable .


So you may use your power to build walls and keep people outside
Or you may use it to break the barriers and welcome them in ...

You may use your faith to make people afraid and terrify them into submission
Or you may use it to give courage to them so they can rise to the highest heights of success...

You may use your energy to make nuclear bombs and spread darkness of destruction....
Or you may use it to give joy and happiness to millions....

You may use all the money that you have earned , to fight few times wars and
Give guns in hands of little children to kill each other with
Or you may use that money to make more food and fill their stomachs with...

There are many things my country and my religion has taught me ..
And there are many things humanity has taught me..
And I truly believe that my first religion is humanity...
And humanity has taught me that my faith is to work hard and spread happiness all around wherever I am living....
And I have already told you that humanity and mankind will never be wiser about the future unless it is coupled with the sense of love and compassion....
Thank you...

Love the most beautiful thing in the world

My name is Bharat. And i am really very proud of it bcoz its a name of my country.

I am proud to belong to a religion and a country which has taught the world both tolerance and universal acceptance .

We believe not only in universal tolerence but we accept all religions as true .

I have learnt a lot of things from my nation and my religion.

I learnt that the dignity of a life , a human being , a culture , a religion, a country actually resides in its ability for grace and compassion.

I learned that whatever moves you, whatever urges you to create to build ,whatever keeps you from a failing ,whatever helps you to survive
Is perhaps the oldest and simplest emotion known to man kind is LOVE.
A mystic poet from our land famously wrote .....

"POTHI PADHI PADHI JUG BHAYA
BHAYA NA PANDIT KOY
DHAI AAKHAR PREM KE PADHE SO PANDIT HOY"..

Which loosely translates into actually saying that all the books of knowledge you might read and then go and impart your knowledge through innovation , through creativity , through technology but mankind will never be wiser about the future unless it is coupled with the sense of love and compassion for the fallow beings.

The two and half alphabet which makes a word "PREM" which means love .
And if you are able to understand that and practice it then that itself is enough to enlight the mankind .

Success Theory

The very first thing we should all understand is that , Failure is not opposite of Success. Failure is a very crucial part of success . And combined Failure and Success are both part of life , and both are not permanent .

Different people have their different definition of Success . But at last they will all agree that , Success is the result of the continuous efforts that you make to achieve a particular goal .

"A STONE IS BROKEN BY THE LAST STROKE OF HAMMER . BUT THIS DOES'T MEAN THAT THE FIRST STROKE IS USELESS ! " 

" SUCCESS IS A VEHICLE , WHICH MOVES ON A WHEEL NAMED HARD WORK , BUT THE JOURNEY IS IMPOSSIBLE WITHOUT THE FUEL NAMED SELF CONFIDENCE ! "