| Title | Make your own fake news |
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| Objectives | The goal of this exercise is to show students how manipulating information and creating fake news is easy and can be done by anyone, and therefore to urge them to exercise more caution with the news they get from social media. |
| Description | By putting the tsudents in the place of fake news producers or conspiracy theorists, they learn which tools and methods are used and become better at detecting this type of content in their daily internet use. Fake news can take different forms and cover different topics. There is commercial fake news, conspiracy theories, fake science news, fake political news, fake pictures, and fake articles. |
| Link to the source | https://talmil.org/activity-2-make-your-own-fake-news/ |
| Terms of use | Free without ads |
| Connectivity | Online and offline |
| Device requirements | Smartphone / Tablet |
| Mode of learning (Menu Item) |
Self-directed / unpacked learning |
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