Fake News: New vocabulary

The web address that identifies a particular page on the internet (the letters stand for Uniform Resource Locator)

• dot

• layout

• URL

A small black point used to separate parts of an internet address.

• URL

• Layout

• Dot

To analyze part by part.

• layout

• a red flag

• to dissect

the way something is displayed, for example the design of text and pictures on a page.

• Dissect

• A red flag

• Layout

A warning sign

• A red flag

• dot

• The layout

To investigate more thoroughly

• To cross-check

• To dig deeper

• To dissect

To check information from various different sources to see if it is true.

• To dissect

• To cross-check

• To dig deeper

Distrustful, inclined to believe something is wrong

• Suspicious

• A red flag

• Doctored

An unusual URL can be a warning sign

• True

• False

You should be suspicious of grammar mistakes

• True

• False