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Assignment:

The second article I looked at is about Media manipulation

Passage: This is a variant on the traditional ad hominem and bandwagon fallacies applied to entire countries. The method is to discredit opposing arguments by appealing to nationalistic pride or memory of past accomplishments, or appealing to fear or dislike of a specific country, or of foreigners in general. It can be very powerful as it discredits foreign journalists (the ones that are least easily manipulated by domestic political or corporate interests).[citation needed]

Overall I felt this article could definitely use some work to ensure it includes concrete sources to provide accurate information.

Hi Farmgirl13. I would like to contribute an information source that I think will help you with the citation required in the Media Manipulation article noted above as it relates direclty to the topic of ad hominem and banwagon in terms of credibility:

Yap, A. (2013). Ad Hominem Fallacies, Bias, and Testimony. Argumentation, 27(2), 97-109. doi:10.1007/s10503-011-9260-5 Dragonfly5660 (talk) 04:19, 18 July 2015 (UTC)

Hi Farmgirl13, I found a source I think will be helpful in your search. It is an example of media manipulation.

Veil, S. R., & Yang, A. (2012). Media manipulation in the Sanlu milk contamination crisis. Public Relations Review, 38(5), 935-937. doi:10.1016/j.pubrev.2012.08.004

Studentsmith (talk) 16:21, 25 July 2015 (UTC)

Hi Farmgirl13, I found this article and think it might be helpful. The article is on a specific topic but there are several broader passages that might relate to your article.

Garland, C. (2015). Framing The Poor: Media Illiteracy, Stereotyping, and Contextual Fallacy To Spin The Crisis. Triplec (Cognition, Communication, Co-Operation): Open Access Journal For A Global Sustainable Information Society, 13(1), 5-10. Libraryemilyr (talk) 02:20, 26 July 2015 (UTC)

Citation: "In its constitution, Confederate leaders explicitly provided for the federal protection of slaveholding: “In all such territory the institution of negro slavery, as it now exists in the Confederate States, shall be recognized and protected by Congress and by the Territorial government; and the inhabitants of the several Confederate States and Territories shall have the right to take to such Territory any slaves lawfully held by them in any of the States or Territories of the Confederate States.”" Flanagin, J. (2015). For the last time, the American Civil War was not about states’ rights. Quartz. Retrieved 26 July 2015, from http://qz.com/378533/for-the-last-time-the-american-civil-war-was-not-about-states-rights/ Farmgirl13 (talk) 14:15, 26 July 2015 (UTC)

For correcting: The concept of "states' rights" was invoked to defend the continuation of slavery in the United States on the eve of the American Civil War, and again to fight against the civil rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s.[citation needed]

New Content: Another form of media manipulation is online advertising, search Engines such as Google use the information provided in past searches to assist in formulating results for other searches which can be used in online advertising to manipulate customers. "Google has been accused of manipulating its organic search results to favor its own services."

Two new sources:

YouTube,. (2015). What Is Search Engine Optimization / SEO. Retrieved 26 July 2015, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hF515-0Tduk

I thought this would be a great source to use because it is part of course material and I think it really ties into online advertising and media manipulation. Because online sources as a collective are looking at overall searches made within a search engine to provide adds that are oriented to the user.

Ratliff, J., & Rubinfeld, D. (2014). IS THERE A MARKET FOR ORGANIC SEARCH ENGINE RESULTS AND CAN THEIR MANIPULATION GIVE RISE TO ANTITRUST LIABILITY?. Journal Of Competition Law And Economics, 10(3), 517-541. doi:10.1093/joclec/nhu013 Farmgirl13 (talk) 14:31, 26 July 2015 (UTC)

I thought this would be a great source to use because it is a peer reviewed article and backs up my my first source, but I felt by having a combination of to sources it would make my new content very strong. As with the first source I think this ties into media manipulation. Farmgirl13 (talk) 14:35, 26 July 2015 (UTC)

Hi Farmgirl13! Good work with improving this passage! The citations you added make the article a lot more specific.