Web-quest by Wenxia https://padlet.com/wdrrmnh5pk/84fuexzuarultzsv Fake news en-us 2021-08-26 10:42:58 UTC 2025-11-13 21:05:27 UTC hello@padlet.com About the fake news zxc054 https://padlet.com/wdrrmnh5pk/84fuexzuarultzsv/wish/1698247169 important insight
1. Definition：Fake news is an expression often used to refer to fabricated news.
2.Motivation：poor journalism, parody, provocation, passion, partisanship, profit, political influence or propaganda.
3.Fake news will be disseminated by:(unwittingly or deliberately) shared on social media, amplified by journalists, pushed out by loosely connected groups attempting to influence public opinion and spread as part of sophisticated disinformation campaigns using bots and troll factories. Or simply as click bait, in order to make money.



]]> 2021-08-26 10:52:28 UTC https://padlet.com/wdrrmnh5pk/84fuexzuarultzsv/wish/1698247169 Science and Fake news 350913882 https://padlet.com/wdrrmnh5pk/84fuexzuarultzsv/wish/1698248031 1.Science can play an important role in fact checking but it is too expensive for citizens. It is difficult to change this situation, yet changes will have to be made.

2.Articles in scientific journals are peer-reviewed by an editorial board before they are published. In this way the quality of the publication is guaranteed.

3.Two fake Open Access journals: OMICS (supposed to publish more than 700 journals), and WASET (supposed to organize conferences and publish conference papers)

]]> 2021-08-26 10:53:39 UTC https://padlet.com/wdrrmnh5pk/84fuexzuarultzsv/wish/1698248031 yxy051 https://padlet.com/wdrrmnh5pk/84fuexzuarultzsv/wish/1698248741 Assessing
1. According to a Stanford study, only 25% of high school students were able to identify an accurate news story when also given a fake one.

2. Note that even credible sources sometimes rely on clickbait-style headlines or occasionally make mistakes. No news organization is perfect.

3. The 5 c’s of critical consuming model: Context；Credibility；Construction；Corroboration；Compare]]> 2021-08-26 10:54:40 UTC https://padlet.com/wdrrmnh5pk/84fuexzuarultzsv/wish/1698248741 What is fake news 1349319220 https://padlet.com/wdrrmnh5pk/84fuexzuarultzsv/wish/1698249119 Important insight 1
There are generally 4 categories of fake news.
1.Fake, false, or regularly misleading,
2.circulate misleading and/or potentially unreliable information
3.clickbait-y headlines
4.potential to be shared as actual/literal news
Important insight 2
In May, Facebook announced it had deleted 583 million fake accounts in the first three months of 2018.
Important insight 3
There are many fake website look like the real one]]> 2021-08-26 10:55:06 UTC https://padlet.com/wdrrmnh5pk/84fuexzuarultzsv/wish/1698249119 How is it spread? wdrrmnh5pk https://padlet.com/wdrrmnh5pk/84fuexzuarultzsv/wish/1698251279 1. Circular reporting
Type 1: Publisher A reports a false information, B reproduces it and then A use B as a source
Type 2:Many publishers use the same false information to report, then other writers use this as a source

2. Lies spread faster than the truth
The top 1% of false news cascades diffused to between 1000 and 100,000 people, whereas the truth rarely diffused to more than 1000 people.

3.Freedom coupled with responsibility
Because the development of technological  have given everyone the ability to publish on digital platforms.
]]> 2021-08-26 10:57:50 UTC https://padlet.com/wdrrmnh5pk/84fuexzuarultzsv/wish/1698251279 Fact & Fictions 350913882 https://padlet.com/wdrrmnh5pk/84fuexzuarultzsv/wish/1698252567 1. The definition of "Real news" is written by professional journalists who adhere to ethical guidelines for gathering and writing the news with emphasis on fairness, independence, accountability, accuracy, transparency, impartiality, integrity, and truth.
In addition, finding real news by use library news database or reliable new sites.

2.The definition of ‘Fact checking ‘is the act of checking factual assertions in a non-fictional text in order to determine the veracity and correctness of the factual statements in the text. This can correct misperceptions among citizens discourage politicians from spreading misinformation.

3.Some information of fact-checking work including six examples and detailed explanations.]]> 2021-08-26 10:59:23 UTC https://padlet.com/wdrrmnh5pk/84fuexzuarultzsv/wish/1698252567 How can you spot it? 350913882 https://padlet.com/wdrrmnh5pk/84fuexzuarultzsv/wish/1698258863 1. Usually current information is required, but not always. 
2. Check your biases
3. Press releases, Publications by advocacy organizations or think tanks.

1.  try to be as complete as possible in the literature you are using for your research.
2. CRAAP
3. Check your biases
4. Confirmation bias mostly occurs around beliefs and ideas that we feel strongly about.
5. Use various sources

1. Fake news stories often only present one side of the story.2.  Fake news stories often use your emotions to try to influence what you believe.3. Opinion pieces/editorials, Native advertising or "sponsored content", Press releases, Publications by advocacy organizations or think tanks.4. The purpose of satire or parody is to entertain and perhaps to persuade, but these kind of sources should not be mistaken for news sources. 

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