Every scientific innovation has a good and a bad side to it. This fact is very much true in the case of Social Media. Social Media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, WhatsApp etc. have become a handy tool in order to get the latest news on what is happening in the neighbourhood and across the globe.
However it must also be said that there is a lot of misinformation that is being circulated. Just recently the false news of the “death” of a popular Goan Konkani singer became viral on Social Media.
Recently a State-level online workshop on ‘Misinformation’ for the students of various colleges was organized. The workshop reportedly trained students to understand fake news and reporting and to enable students to become responsible consumers of media.
It would hence be in the fitness of things to conduct such a workshop for the members of the general public besides the college students.
