STRATEGIES TO SHIELD

YOURSELF FROM

FAKE NEWS
Fake news can have a negative impact on behavior by
damaging learning culture and causing rumor and mistrust to
spread. So, it's vital to know how to separate the real from the
fake. You can do this by following these six ways:

1. DEVELOP A 2. CHECK THE

CRITICAL MINDSET
It's essential that you keep
your emotional response
to such stories in check.
Instead, approach what
you see and hear
rationally and critically.
SOURCE
If you come across a story
from a source that you've
never heard of before, do
some digging! Check the
web address for the page
you're reading.

3. SEE WHO ELSE IS 4. EXAMINE THE

REPORTING THE EVIDENCE
STORY A credible news story will
Avoid leaping to the include plenty of facts –
conclusion that all main quotes from experts, survey
stream media (MSM) data, and official statistics. Or
detailed, consistent, and
output is fake. This can be
corroborated eye-witness
as unwise as following every
accounts from people on the
rumor or conspiracy theory. scene.

5. DON'T TAKE IMAGES 6. CHECK THAT IT

AT FACE VALUE "SOUNDS RIGHT"
Modern editing software Finally, use your
has made it easy for people common sense! Bear
to create fake images that in mind that fake news
look real. Some warning
is designed to "feed"
signs you can look out for:
strange shadows on the
your biases, hopes or
image or jagged edges fears.
around a figure.