Fake News Vocabulary

The tendency to interpret new evidence as confirmation of one's existing beliefs or theories is called

• Filter bubble

• Confirmation bias

• Echo chamber

• Opinion

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CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Clickbait is...

• Websites and articles that are fun to explore and look at

• News websites with reliable and well sourced information

• Internet content whose main purpose is to attract attention and encourage visitors to click on a link to a particular web page.

• Information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote a political cause or point of view.

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

A type of fake news that deliberately attempts to mislead using material that the deceiver knows is untrue is called

• Sensationalism

• Disinformation

• Propaganda

• Satire

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Information that gives you the wrong idea of impression is

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

A trick meant to deceive; like a practical joke but far more serious is also called

• Hoax

• Satire

• Propaganda

• Comedy

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

When groups sometimes provide to the public a biased interpretation of an event, a product or a person to gain votes, acceptance or sales we call this

• Advertising

• Propaganda

• Bias

• Spin

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

When images, photos, and quotes are used out of context to make a biased story appear to be true, this is...

• Parody

• Propaganda

• Satire

• Spin

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Stories that look legit because the quotes and photos are real, but the article is trying to sell you a product or get you to believe something is...

• Advertising

• Clickbait

• Disinformation

• Misleading

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

When news stories are presented in a way to provoke public interest, outrage or excitement, but always at the expense of all the facts we call this...

• Propaganda

• Parody

• Sensationalism

• Advertising

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

A filter bubble is...

• A space where all the ideas and opinions reflect our own

• how algorithms fill your social media feed with posts they think will interest you

• A set of rules programmed to solve a problem

• When we are more likely to believe information that confirms our beliefs

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4