fake news vocabulary Flashcards
1
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alt-right
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a far-right, white nationalist group
2
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freelance writer
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self employed contractor, usually writes on behalf of multiple companies
3
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fake news
A
deliberately fabricated information with misinformation in order to manipulate
4
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white nationalist
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believes in white supremacy and that they’re their own race and usually hates non-white people
5
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deep fake
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videos that are digitally edited/altered so that they appear to be someone else; used maliciously in order to spread fake information
6
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anonymity
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the person’s identity is unknown
7
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confirmation bias
A
interpreting only the information that one believes in order to strengthen those beliefs
