Each essay question response is required to be atleast 250 words in length.

The content must be comprehensive, accurate, and persuasive. Your response should be at least 90% original thought. You must use data from a minimum of one scholarly source to supportstatements and draw a thorough and convincing conclusion from the data.

• The papermustfollow APA guidelines throughout. See Course Content>Course Resources>Sample Paper to Show Appropriate Document Formatting.
• Double-spaced(including the reference page) with the first line of each paragraph indented.
• 1-inch Margins
• 12 point professional font
• Begin each essay on a separate page

Please do not use unprofessional sources such as Wikipedia, About.com, Answers.com, Dictionary.com, How.com, or anything remotely similar. Examples of scholarly sources include our course content (e.g. Read & Watch resources), textbooks, journal articles, trade magazines, and conference proceedings.

Answer each essay question

1. How has the Internet altered the way in which newspapers present news? How are print newspapers responding to the decline of subscribers and the rise of online readers? Support your discussion with reliable sources.

2. How has Digital Media influenced (or changed) the field of education? Include a historical (before and after the digital media) and global perspective (include discussion of the US and at least two additional countries). Include whether the change has been positive, negative, or both. Support your discussion with reliable data.

3. How has "fake news" come to exist and spread so rapidly? Why do you think this happens? How is "fake news" harmful? What are the long- and short-term effects and consequences of being a consumer of "fake news"? How does it affect each of us? How can we, as consumers and sharers of news, learn to identify potential "fake news" stories? Support your discussion with reliable sources.

4. Define the digital divide, discuss how pervasive it is (include reliable statistics), and list three examples of how it negatively impacts society. Provide two examples of how the digital divide can be closed.Support your discussion with reliable sources.