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How to Identify Fake News (Lesson 3) Flashcards

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This refers to false or misleading information which masquerades as legitimate news.

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Fake News

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What are the 2 categories of fake news

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Deliberately inaccurate stories and Stories that contain elements of truth but are broadly inaccurate

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People publishing them know them to be false but publish them anyway. Used to manipulate public opinion or to drive traffic to a specific website

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Deliberately inaccurate stories

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This is caused because the writer hasn’t checked all their facts or has exaggerated certain aspects to make a particular point

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Stories that contain elements of truth but are broadly inaccurate

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This is a type of fake news that contain weird stories and distorted images that are shared online. These are designed to get more website visitors and increase advertising revenue for the website owners

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Clickbait

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This is a type of fake news that refers to false or distorted stories written to mislead audiences and promote political agenda or biased perspective.

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Propaganda

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This is a type of fake news that is caused when journalists don’t have time to check all their facts before publishing, which leads to genuine mistakes becoming fake news.

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Poor quality Journalism

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This is a type of fake news that contains headlines that are used to entice readers to click on it.

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Misleading headlines

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This is a type of fake news that contains headlines that are used to entice readers to click on it.

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Misleading headlines

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This is a type of fake news that is caused when genuine news sources are impersonated with false, made-up stories to decieve or mislead audiences.

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Impostor content

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This is a type of fake news that is published for entertainment value.

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Satire or Parody

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This is fake or misleading stories created and shared deliberately, often by a writer who might have financial or political motive to do so.

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Disinformation

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This also means fake or misleading news but the stories might have not been deliberately created or shared with the intention to mislead.

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Misinformation

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Internet users who deliberately try or start arguments or upset people. They also play a part in spreading fake news

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Trolls

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