To understand the key terms used in this assessment
There are three types of fake online information.
Lies shared on purpose to trick or confuse people.
Wrong information shared by mistake, not on purpose.
True information shared on purpose to hurt someone.
On your sheets write your own definition of these words, this will be used for your assessment!
You cannot just copy a definition, it must be your own thoughts. If you can get this down on paper it is worth credits.
Clickbait is sensational or misleading headlines that get people to ‘click’ and go to a webpage, watch a video etc.
Satire is humour that pokes at serious issues in society. It often appears as serious and can be shared on by people thinking that it is real. For example, a while back there was an article claiming that Disney was lowering the drinking age at Disneyland so that they could sell more drinks. This was shared widely online because people thought it was real.
Content designed to sell products. It may look like a real article or video etc.
Manufactured images are images made with AI or edited by a person to deliberately mislead people. For example, a company that sells weightloss products might edit their photos to make it look like a person has lost a lot of weight.
An example of this are deepfake images. A deepfake is an image, video or audio recording that has been digitally altered to realistically show something that never actually happened. It can be very hard to tell a deepfake from reality.
The rise of deepfakes, videos made with AI to falsely show people saying or doing things, has raised concerns about spreading misinformation and harming reputations. What do you notice about this video that gives it away?
Information that is inaccurate or false. These get shared online as facts e.g. certain food could cure cancer.
Here are some examples of incorrect content that people have believed to be true in the past. They were so widely believed that some people still don't realise they aren't true.