Media and Fake News

Deliberately constructed lies, in the form of news articles, meant to mislead the public.

• Satire

• Fake news

• Click bait

• Credible

The ability to access, analyze, evaluate, understand, and create media. 

• media bias

• media literacy

• circular reporting

• confirmation bias

Bias, or perceived bias, of journalists and news producers within the mass media in the selection of events and stories that are reported and how they are covered.

• media literacy

• confirmation bias

• media bias

• circular reporting

This term is used to describe a situation where a piece of information appears to come from multiple independent sources,
but in fact, it is coming from only one source.

• circular reporting

• media bias

• confirmation bias

• media literacy

Which of the following would not be a good way to decide whether or not to trust an article published online?

• Check the "about" section of the site

• Check the "contact" information

• Check other news outlets (websites, etc.)

• Check to see if it appears frequently on Facebook, snapchat, etc.

_{Why does fake news spread?}

• To share their own opinions

• To invoke emotions from the audience

• To stop Propoganda

• None of the above

What is another name for "Fake News"?

• Hox News

• Faux News

• Fox News

• Huox News

What is the definition of fake news?

• Information that is just based on facts

• Information created to intentionally mislead its audience

• Something that gives you two sides to a story

Fake News or Real News?

• Fake

• Real

True or False: Fake news can be shared on social media.

• True

• False