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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) recently conducted the largest study of fake news to date. It found Twitter users are 70 percent more likely to re-tweet a false story than a true one, and fabricated stories reach 1,500 views six times faster. Even more alarming is a majority of adults in the United States get their news from social media, while 59 percent of links shared on social media have never been clicked, according to the Pew Research Center. You may wonder why people fall easily for false stories, especially with the ability to fact check stories with a few clicks.

An obvious reason is lack of digital literacy. Digital literacy is the ability to use information and communication technologies to find, evaluate, create, and communicate information, requiring both cognitive and technical skills. Fake news preys on people’s lack of digital illiteracy.

High Five Access Media recently added a second iMac video-editing system outfitted with Final Cut Pro X and a host of other media-making tools, all of which are available to members of the community. If you'd like to get started editing, become a member, sign up for our workshops and become a community producer.

In case you missed it while you were gearing up for the holidays last year, the Federal Communications Commission voted to end net neutrality rules. Net neutrality is the idea that internet services providers (ISPs) treat all web traffic and activity equally without blocking, throttling, or creating “lanes” that are faster and more expensive, i.e. paid prioritization. Here are a few key points how net neutrality will affect you and our community.

High Five Access Media offers free video production training so you can learn to make media and express your ideas with the community on television and the internet. But what happens after you've completed a workshop? Oftentimes, you're feeling overwhelmed and uncomfortable with the video-making process. The key to getting better is practice, and tutorials offer a great way to gain experience at your own pace. Fortunately, the Eagle Valley Library District makes access to tutorials simple, and free. The library provides cardholders with a subscription to Lynda.com. For those of you unfamiliar with Lynda, it's a website focused on providing users with video tutorials on a variety of subjects, including "business, software, technology and creative skills," according to the site.

We like to get a little freaky at High Five, so we're bringing you the best of public domain horror movies on Halloween. Watch on local cable Channel 5, or on your smart phone, tablet or computer at Live on Five. The frightmare begins at 6 p.m. and dead ends at 4 a.m. the following morning.

The Huskies (2-5) return home to face conference powerhouse Palisade (5-2) at 7 p.m. Friday, live on High Five Access Media.

The game will be televised live, on cable Channel 5 or your smartphone, tablet or computer on Live on Five at www.highfivemedia.org/live.

High Five Access Media will simulcast Plymouth Area Community Television’s “Give Hope Telethon” on Saturday, Sept. 23 from 3 to 7 p.m. on local cable Channel 5 and on the web at Live on Five.

The Give Hope Telethon benefits people affected by hurricanes Harvey and Irma.

To find out more about the telethon and PACTV, visit www.pactv.org.

Get ready for local football. The Battle Mountain Huskies (2-0) football team takes on the Coal Ridge Titans (1-1) live on High Five Access Media on Sept. 15 at 7 p.m.

All Battle Mountain varsity home football games are televised live, on cable Channel 5 or your smartphone, tablet or computer on Live on Five at www.highfivemedia.org/live.

Mark your calendars for games on the following dates:

Can’t make it to the Vail America Days Parade? Want out-of-town family to check out your float? High Five Access Media has you covered.

We’ll be live from Lionshead with hosts Holly Trickel and Gabe Hogan with a short preshow from 10:30 to 10:45 a.m., when the parade is expected to reach Lionshead. At that point, we’ll toss our play-by-play coverage over to local radio voice Tony Mauro.

Viewers may watch live on local cable HFAM Channel 5 or Live on Five on the web at www.highfivemedia.org. Subsequent replays will air on cable and the web and also will be available on demand on our website. 

The Alliance for Community Media, which represents 3,000 public, educational and governmental (PEG) access stations, awarded High Five Access Media’s J.K. Perry best documentary for production of “Heart of Vail.”

High Five Access Media worked with the Eagle River Watershed Council to create “Heart of Vail,” which seeks to educate Vail residents, streamside property owners, and government officials of the peril the creek faces because of pollution, and persuade the community to do its part to clean Gore Creek. Funding for production was granted by the Forrest and Frances Lattner Foundation.