Media and Fake News

Why is it important to combat fake news?

• To increase the spread of misinformation

• To prevent misinformation, confusion, and harm to society.

• To promote fake news as a form of entertainment

• To confuse society even more

What are some strategies individuals can use to verify the authenticity of news sources?

• Only trust news from social media influencers

• Check credibility, cross-reference, verify publication date, fact-check

• Assume all news is accurate without verification

• Ignore the source, believe everything you read

How can education help in preventing the spread of fake news?

• By promoting blind trust in all information sources

• By discouraging fact-checking and critical thinking

• By limiting access to diverse sources of information

• By teaching critical thinking skills, media literacy, fact-checking techniques

Why was the term “fake news” banned in official documents by the British Government?

• It is offensive.

• It is too informal.

• It is poorly defined and misleading.

• It is too political.

The news we encounter today might come from:

• qualified journalists.

• people trying to go viral.

• groups deliberately spreading false information.

• all of the above.

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

What characterizes an established media outlet that supplies reliable news?

• Physical offices

• Tax records

• Professional journalists

• All of the above

One way to make false information seem ​ (a)   ​ ​is to ​​ (b)   certain words and phrases and then to reiterate them in different ​ ​ (c)   ​ of the story on different ​ ​ (d)   media platform.

• sources

• fake

• newspaper

• public

• interesting

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