Fake News

Fake news stories can be misleading without being completely untrue.

• True

• False

Images and quotes can be used out of context to make a biased story appear to be true.

• True

• False

Which of these domain extensions is most likely to contain fake news content?

• .gov

• .edu

• .co

• .org

Fake news websites can give themselves away by the language they use. Look out for ​ ​ (a)   , ​ (b)   , ​ (c)   .

• incorrect spelling

• grammar mistakes

• sections in all capitals

• weird words

• formal grammar

If you encountered a headline about climate strikers being jailed, which of the following should you do first?

• Share it with your friends and family.

• Find a way to help the climate strikers.

• Check whether the story is true.

• All of the above.

The corrupt government gave the people a lot of misinformation to keep them from suspecting anything was wrong.

• false or inaccurate information, especially that which is deliberately intended to deceive

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

• a particular way of considering a situation

• the title of a newspaper or magazine article printed in large type that says what is in the article; also used as slang for the most important news printed at the front of the newspaper

The photo with the Abraham Lincoln quote about the internet was a complete fabrication.

• to check or prove that something is accurate

• false information; fiction; a lie

• a particular way of considering a situation

• the tendency to interpret new evidence as confirmation of one's existing beliefs or theories

Fake news is. . .

• Twisted Facts

• Hoaxes

• Fabricated Social Media Posts

• Distorted Images

• All Answers are Correct

Why is fake news a problem?

• The public is getting misleading information

• Most people who see fake news believe it's actual news

• Fake news often looks like real news

• all of the above

This type of fake news is meant to grab the users attention, but once clicked the user is taken to a trash site.

• Biased/Slanted News

• Click Bait

• Propaganda

• Sloppy Journalism