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CCHS Home StudyPersonal, Social, Health and Economic Education
Fake News &Skewed Views
WHAT’S THE POINT?
To understand what fake news is
To know how to spot fake news
“Doctors Find Four Bees Living In Woman’s
Eye And Drinking Her Tears”
In April, a Taiwanese
woman was found by
doctors to have four
small sweat bees living
inside her eye.
The 28-year-old woman was
pulling out weeds when
the insects flew into her
eyes.
“Muslims Celebrated as Notre Dame Burns”Fake footage of people
shouting ‘Allahu Akbah’
(God is great) whilst
Notre Dame burned in
April was found to be a
fake overlay of sound
taken from a different
video.
This image is also
photoshopped.
“Duck-eating Piranhas Found in Yorkshire
Lake”
The bodies of two
piranhas were found in a
fishing lake in Yorkshire
earlier this year.
It’s thought that they
may have been pets who
were set free in the
lake.
“Ancient Mayan Batman Armour Discovered” Whilst this image was
circulating social media
in June this year as an
example of an Ancient
Mayan sculpture, it is
actually a piece of
artwork created in 2014
for the Mexican Museum of
Design.
“Illegal Immigrants Overwhelm British
Beach”
This photograph has been
reused across the
internet many times in
fake reports about
immigration numbers in
many different countries.
However it actually shows
a groups of migrants
arriving in Spain in
2017.
Their legal status is
unknown, as refugees are
legally allowed
protection from the
country they enter.
“Alabama Mayor calls for LGBTQ People to
be Killed”
In May 2019, the Mayor of
Carbon Hill, Alabama
posted on Facebook about
“killing them out” in
reference to a post about
the LGBTQ community.
The post was deleted but
not before a news
station took screenshots
of Chambers’ comments,
which prompted him to
issue an apology.
The National Literacy Trust asked over 2,000
8-16 year olds to identify which stories from
a group of six were real and which were fake.
Only 2% got correct answers across the board.
Fake News and Critical Literacy, National Literacy Trust, 2017
WHAT IS
?
Satire or Parody
Joke news that is
meant to make fun of
the media or people.
It is not meant to
be believed or taken
seriously.
Misrepresentation
Stories that have some truth but are not
totally accurate, because of human error
or bias.
This could be a news story that has no
evidence, or an article that has used a
real photo but in a different context to
the original image.
Disinformation
Totally made up news
that someone has
created to make
money, cause
confusion or
manipulate people.
Purposefully trying to
trick people
Not trying to trick
anyone
BBC One/BBC
Two
Facebook ITV YouTube Instagram
87%
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variations)
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38%
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43%
Ofcom Kids News Consumption Survey 2018
DO YOU
THINK THE
NEWS IS
TRUSTWORTHY
?
Write down the key signs that show this article is fake news?
Source
• Have you heard of the website?
• Google it to see if it is a
genuine news site.
• Check the URL to see if it’s a
secure site (it should have
https:// in front of it). This
isn’t a guarantee
• The website ‘Whois’ tells you
who owns the domain name and
how long it’s been registered
for
Headline
• Check for exaggeration or
emotionally manipulative
‘clickbait’.
• Is there an excessive use of all
caps or exclamation marks?
• Copy and paste the headline into
Google’s ‘News’ section to see if
anyone else is covering the
story.
• Adjectives create bias – look at
how they’re used
Images
• Use reverse image search to
check if the photo is a stock
image or even an old photo
from a different story. It’s
ok for legitimate news sites
to use stock images, but it’s
worth checking.
• Check for signs of editing or
manipulation – such as fuzzier
sections of the image, warped
areas or distorted edges to
people/objects.
Evidence
• Is it using data without
referencing its source?
• Are the experts being
quoted actual people?
• Use fullfact.org to check
whether the claims are
likely to be true.
Date & Byline
• Every legitimate news story
should have a date, and the
name of the person who wrote
it.
• Check the date is relevant
and recent.
• Most journalists are on
Twitter so search for their
profile if you’re not sure
they’re legit.
Spelling & Grammar
• Not all fake news will
have mistakes (and some
legitimate news stories
will) but it is always
worth checking.
• If there are lots of
mistakes it indicates that
the story might not have
been proof-read by an
editor.
Spelling & Grammar
• Not all fake news will
have mistakes (and some
legitimate news stories
will) but it is always
worth checking.
• If there are lots of
mistakes it indicates that
the story might not have
been proof-read by an
editor.
1. What is the
‘annoying brain
glitch’ that makes
us jump to faulty
conclusions?
a) Cognitive bias
b) Imitation bias
2. What is the
orbitofrontol
cortex responsible
for?
3. How does dopamine
make us feel?
a) Really good
b) Really unhappy
Fake News isn’t always easy to
spot because when we agree with
it:
It appeals to our emotions
instead of logic
It triggers the release of
dopamine as a reward
1.
2.
This has the largest impact on minority groups who
have less people in their ‘tribe’ to stick up for
them.
Can you think of any examples of this?
1. What is fake news?
2. How can they spot it?
Share your Fake News Guide with
someone in your family.
Who do you think would most
benefit from learning about how
to spot Fake News and why?
1. Fake News is untrue or misleading news which
is presented as if it’s factually accurate
2. We can spot it by analysing it for key clues
– such as photo editing and unreliable
sources.
3. Fake News can make us tribal – so when we
share anything, we need to check our biases
first.
visit DitchtheLabel.org
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