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Fake News: Resources

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Known Fake, Parodic, and Misleading News Sites

Glossary of Terms Related to Fake News

Algorithm

A set of steps a computer follows

Clickbait

Content that encourages a user to click on a link. Outrageous headlines are a common strategy to get clicks

Confirmation Bias

Interpreting news to confirm existing beliefs

Context

The situation surrounding an event

Custom Newsfeed

Algorithms generate content, like news stories, that the computer believes the user wants to see based on a number of factors

Filter Bubble

The result of personalization from website algorithms, usually on custom searches and social media platforms with news-streams. Critics argue this isolates users in ideological "bubbles" seeing content (like news) that simply reinforces their beliefs.

Headline

Digital or print, it's the attention-grabbing header text at the top of an article in a newspaper, magazine, or blog.

Native Ad / Sponsored Content

An advertisement for a product that resembles the other content in the publication (i.e. looks like a newspaper article but markets a product)

Viral Content

Media that spreads rapidly across the internet

Fact Checking Resources

Fake News in the News

Recommended Databases

Use this list of usernames and passwords to access our databases from home.

NoodleBib

5 Ways to spot fake news