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</html><description>B2 &#x2013; Upper Intermediate Every&nbsp;day&nbsp;we&nbsp;come&nbsp;face&nbsp;to&nbsp;face&nbsp;with&nbsp;fake&nbsp;news.&nbsp;It&nbsp;has&nbsp;been&nbsp;there&nbsp;for&nbsp;centuries,&nbsp;but&nbsp;with&nbsp;the&nbsp;advent&nbsp;of&nbsp;social&nbsp;media,&nbsp;it&nbsp;has become&nbsp;more&nbsp;prevalent these days.&nbsp;It could&nbsp;affect&nbsp;someone&nbsp;personally&nbsp;or&nbsp;impact&nbsp;the society&nbsp;on&nbsp;a&nbsp;global&nbsp;scale.&nbsp;There&nbsp;are&nbsp;obviously&nbsp;several&nbsp;disadvantages&nbsp;to&nbsp;fake&nbsp;news&nbsp;and&nbsp;these&nbsp;include the following: Change&nbsp;in&nbsp;Public&nbsp;Opinion This&nbsp;is&nbsp;blatant&nbsp;within&nbsp;the&nbsp;political&nbsp;sphere&nbsp;where&nbsp;fake&nbsp;news&nbsp;is&nbsp;used&nbsp;to&nbsp;manipulate&nbsp;the&nbsp;public&#x2019;s&nbsp;opinion&nbsp;for&nbsp;profit,&nbsp;public&nbsp;support,&nbsp;or&nbsp;to&nbsp;change&nbsp;the&nbsp;public&#x2019;s&nbsp;mind&nbsp;about&nbsp;a&nbsp;rival&nbsp;political&nbsp;party. Defamation Despite&nbsp;everyone&nbsp;enjoying&nbsp;the&nbsp;right&nbsp;to&nbsp;self-expression,&nbsp;there&nbsp;are&nbsp;those&nbsp;who&nbsp;misuse&nbsp;this&nbsp;right&nbsp;to&nbsp;defame&nbsp;well-known&nbsp;global&nbsp;personalities.&nbsp;Fake&nbsp;news&nbsp;is&nbsp;a&nbsp;great&nbsp;way&nbsp;of&nbsp;spreading&nbsp;false information&nbsp;beyond&nbsp;the&nbsp;internet.&nbsp;Two&nbsp;common&nbsp;examples&nbsp;are&nbsp;when&nbsp;one&nbsp;hears&nbsp;about&nbsp;a&nbsp;celebrity&#x2019;s&nbsp;affair&nbsp;or&nbsp;when&nbsp;a&nbsp;celebrity&nbsp;experiences&nbsp;their&nbsp;own&nbsp;death&nbsp;through&nbsp;a&nbsp;death&nbsp;hoax. &nbsp;False&nbsp;Insight &nbsp; Regardless&nbsp;of&nbsp;whether&nbsp;they&nbsp;are&nbsp;true&nbsp;or&nbsp;misleading, people&nbsp;tend&nbsp;to&nbsp;blindly&nbsp;believe&nbsp;the&nbsp;words&nbsp;of&nbsp;an&nbsp;influential&nbsp;person.&nbsp;Most people&nbsp;choose&nbsp;not&nbsp;to&nbsp;dig&nbsp;deeper&nbsp;and&nbsp;find&nbsp;it&nbsp;out&nbsp;for&nbsp;themselves.&nbsp;Therefore,&nbsp;negatively&nbsp;changing&nbsp;their&nbsp;perception&nbsp;about&nbsp;someone&nbsp;or&nbsp;something&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;news. Amazingly,&nbsp;there&nbsp;is&nbsp;a&nbsp;silver&nbsp;lining.&nbsp;We&nbsp;may&nbsp;notice&nbsp;some&nbsp;positive&nbsp;things&nbsp;about&nbsp;fake&nbsp;news&nbsp;as&nbsp;well. &nbsp;Recreation Consider&nbsp;satire&nbsp;or&nbsp;works&nbsp;of&nbsp;parody&nbsp;that&nbsp;are&nbsp;meant&nbsp;to&nbsp;be&nbsp;for&nbsp;fun.&nbsp;Just think&nbsp;of&nbsp;all&nbsp;the&nbsp;celebrity&nbsp;gossips&nbsp;or&nbsp;the&nbsp;fact&nbsp;that&nbsp;some&nbsp;people&nbsp;think&nbsp;that&nbsp;reptiloids&nbsp;are&nbsp;among&nbsp;us!&nbsp;Everyone,&nbsp;whether&nbsp;offline&nbsp;or&nbsp;on&nbsp;the&nbsp;internet,&nbsp;loves&nbsp;a&nbsp;good&nbsp;laugh. Improvement&nbsp;in&nbsp;Memory According&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;journal&nbsp;Psychological&nbsp;Science,&nbsp;the&nbsp;ability&nbsp;to&nbsp;recall&nbsp;a&nbsp;time&nbsp;when&nbsp;you&nbsp;heard&nbsp;or&nbsp;read&nbsp;fake&nbsp;news&nbsp;helps&nbsp;your&nbsp;brain&nbsp;to&nbsp;remember&nbsp;true&nbsp;information.&nbsp;A&nbsp;research&nbsp;team&nbsp;conducted&nbsp;two&nbsp;experiments&nbsp;on&nbsp;96&nbsp;participants.&nbsp;Throughout&nbsp;the&nbsp;experiments,&nbsp;their memory&nbsp;was&nbsp;tested&nbsp;to&nbsp;check&nbsp;whether&nbsp;recollections&nbsp;were&nbsp;true&nbsp;or&nbsp;based&nbsp;on&nbsp;misinformation.&nbsp;They&nbsp;read&nbsp;both&nbsp;factual&nbsp;and&nbsp;made-up&nbsp;statements&nbsp;from&nbsp;news&nbsp;sites&nbsp;and&nbsp;then&nbsp;read&nbsp;statements&nbsp;that&nbsp;corrected&nbsp;the&nbsp;fake&nbsp;news.&nbsp;It&nbsp;turned&nbsp;out&nbsp;that&nbsp;misinformation&nbsp;reminders&nbsp;helped&nbsp;the&nbsp;participants&nbsp;see&nbsp;the&nbsp;cracks&nbsp;in&nbsp;their&nbsp;memories&nbsp;and&nbsp;promoted&nbsp;better&nbsp;memory&nbsp;recollection.&nbsp;Also,&nbsp;individuals&nbsp;that&nbsp;face&nbsp;fake&nbsp;news head-on&nbsp;have&nbsp;a&nbsp;raised&nbsp;awareness&nbsp;of&nbsp;disparities&nbsp;between&nbsp;what&nbsp;is&nbsp;fact&nbsp;and&nbsp;what&nbsp;is&nbsp;fiction&nbsp;and&nbsp;have&nbsp;better&nbsp;memory&nbsp;updating.&nbsp;Clearly,&nbsp;regardless&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;kind&nbsp;of&nbsp;fake&nbsp;news,&nbsp;there&nbsp;is&nbsp;some&nbsp;usefulness&nbsp;to&nbsp;it. Now&nbsp;you&nbsp;know&nbsp;that&nbsp;there&#x2019;s&nbsp;a&nbsp;break&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;clouds&nbsp;and&nbsp;there&nbsp;might&nbsp;be&nbsp;an&nbsp;upside&nbsp;to&nbsp;dealing&nbsp;with&nbsp;disinformation.&nbsp;But&nbsp;be&nbsp;careful&nbsp;and&nbsp;don&#x2019;t&nbsp;let&nbsp;fake&nbsp;news&nbsp;determine&nbsp;what&nbsp;you&nbsp;think&nbsp;or&nbsp;who&nbsp;you&nbsp;are. Discussion Questions: What&#xA0;other&#xA0;pros&#xA0;and&#xA0;cons&#xA0;can&#xA0;you&#xA0;add&#xA0;to&#xA0;this&#xA0;list? Do&#xA0;you&#xA0;think&#xA0;the&#xA0;pros&#xA0;of&#xA0;fake&#xA0;news&#xA0;justify&#xA0;distributing&#xA0;it?&#xA0;Why&#xA0;or why not)? Is&#xA0;it&#xA0;worth&#xA0;trying&#xA0;to&#xA0;fight&#xA0;such&#xA0;fake&#xA0;news&#xA0;in&#xA0;an&#xA0;attempt&#xA0;to&#xA0;stop&#xA0;blatant&#xA0;disinformation? How&#xA0;would&#xA0;you&#xA0;explain&#xA0;to&#xA0;your grandmother&#xA0;that&#xA0;she&#xA0;shouldn&#x2019;t&#xA0;believe&#xA0;everything&#xA0;she&#xA0;reads&#xA0;and&#xA0;that&#xA0;hoaxes&#xA0;are&#xA0;published&#xA0;everyday? Where do you get your news from and why do you choose these sources? Have [&hellip;]</description></oembed>
