In the Age of ‘Fake News’, everyone is called to be critical and responsible. Everyone can be an influential person of their own social media accounts.
Our powers are only one click away.
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Here are the STATS:
Fake News is searched 118 thousand times a month
159 million visits were received by ‘Fake News’ websites containing more than half of articles that came out to be false during the month of elections based on Stanford University study
64% says that ‘fake news’ causes a great deal of confusion
31% of people says that we are exposed to “fake news” on social media almost daily
Where does it really come from?
81.3% from the U.S.
4.2 % from the U.K.
1.6% from Canada
12.9 % from other countries
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References:
Bueno, A. (2017, October 12). The anatomy of 'fake news'. CNN Philippines. Retrieved April 28, 2018, from http://cnnphilippines.com/life/culture/politics/2017/10/12/fake-news-anatomy.html
Huskerson, T., Messamore, W. E., Powers, J., Huertos, K. L., & Hawk, T. A. (2018, February 27). Breaking Down the Numbers Behind "Fake News". Retrieved April 28, 2018, from https://ivn.us/2018/02/27/infographic-breaking-numbers-behind-fake-news/
Viray, P. (2017, October 4). 'Fake news cultivates a culture of lying'. Phil Star. Retrieved April 28, 2018, from https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2017/10/04/1745463/fake-news-cultivates-culture-lying
