Digital Literacy and Information Fluency

Digital Literacy and Information Fluency

Purpose of the site and series

Animal planet created this illusion of mermaids found, in order to entertain people who either believe in mythology or people who don’t know what to believe. Since this is a profit seeking institution, one cannot put away the fact that animal planet and their researchers will do anything to see their organization profitable.

The Process

There is no real proof that any person alive has seen or recorded a mermaid. While watching the images it is clear that the creators of the series used illusion and photography and cinematography from amateur enthusiasts. Their images are not conclusive evidence to the existence of mermaids. The creators of the series also knew that publicity might be good for the channel whether positive or negative.

Public Response

There are a lot of people who seem to believe that the images and videos are proof that mermaids do exist, but at the same time there are many who think that this is work of a creative artist, and the animal planet network is in, on that lie to confuse gullible viewers who are in a position to believe everything, even without clear and concrete evidence showing the existence is real

Veracity of the series

Based on the fact that the images and videos provided as proof are not of high quality, and some are just a split second in length, it is almost impossible to be in a position to verify these images.

Opinion

Animal Planet has a lot of resources to make even this unverifiable story look real. My opinion is that the story has enjoyed a huge success as a science fiction to promote ideas of what other people think about the world unseen, but the story still lack on fact that can be proven. Some other sea mammals from a distance might look like something alien to someone who wishes to see an alien.
http://www.animalplanet.com/tv-shows/mermaids/videos/mermaids-evidence/