1. 2b Tec a.S. 2018/2019 CARLA FERRO, KAJAS ERIDO, VETTORETTI FEDERICO,
DI GIACOMO FILIPPO, NARDER EDOARDO
2b Tec
a.S. 2018/2019

2. WHAT IS FAKE NEWS?
Fake news is false information distributed deliberately, usually for political or commercial purposes (BBC). It can influence how people make decisions or it can be used to make money from adversting.

3. PURPOSE OF FAKE NEWS
Its purpose is to persuade people to think a certain way.
Fake news leads to confusion, misinformation and mistrust.
It is meant to be widely shared.

4. HOW TO SPOT FAKE NEWS? WHERE has it come from?
WHO wrote it? WHO sent it?
WHEN was it written?
WHAT is the background to it?

5. THE SOURCE WEBSITE: check the URL: mistakes? Strange- sounding?
SOCIAL MEDIA: check the account: creation date of the account.
THE IMAGE: check if the images have changed or photoshopped.

6. TYPES OF FAKE NEWS
SATIRE: it’s writing that uses humour or exaggeration to make fun of hot-topic issues.
MISLEADING CONTENT: writers can sometimes use real information to make an issue or a person seem different from what they really are.
FALSE CONNECTION: it happens when a headline or caption leads you to believe something that is different from the actual content of the writing.
FALSE CONTEXT: quotes by people are often used entirely without context, or with deliberately false information about the context in which it was made.
IMPOSTER CONTENT: it’s most often used in Singapore to scam people, like when sites pretend to be official government sites to get people’s NRIC number or credit card details.
MANIPULATED CONTENT: written content can be manipulated but this is increasingly happening with photos and videos.
FALSEHOOD: it’s what most people mean when they say «fake news».

7. ANALYSIS OF A FAKE POST FROZEN VENICE
This photo shows the landscape of frozen Venice.
It is a fake photo because it is photoshopped and the author of the post on Twitter (Nois7) is an artist who manipulates photo.
The first picture is actually a picture of Piazza San Marco, but the ice was added later. The ice that was inserted into the image comes from a picture of Russia’s Lake Bakail.