Identifying Fake News Sources
Penn State University graduate student and tech researcher Maria Molina Davila reviewed her research that studies how individuals perceive fake news stories on social media and ways to identify them.
Description
Penn State University graduate student and tech researcher Maria Molina Davila reviewed her research that studies how individuals perceive fake news stories on social media and ways to identify them.
Bell Ringer Assignment
- How have changes in the way people receive news impacted how people interpret news stories?
- According to the study, how does the number of likes on a social media post impact its distribution? Why is this?
- How does the delivery of the information affect the likelihood of people finding that information credible?
- What features should readers look for when viewing news on social media?
- Based on this research, come up with three tips or strategies to determine if news shared on social media is real or fake.
Additional Resources
Participants
Vocabulary
- Bandwagon
- Credibility
- Deepfake
- Heuristics
- Interactive Media
- Linguistics
- News
- Social Media
- Sponsored Content
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