{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"phone english blog","provider_url":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog","author_name":"angelica","author_url":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/author\/angelica\/","title":"Fake News | phone english blog","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"6kaq0cbOtr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2022\/07\/fake-news\/\">Fake News<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2022\/07\/fake-news\/embed\/#?secret=6kaq0cbOtr\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Fake News&#8221; &#8212; phone english blog\" data-secret=\"6kaq0cbOtr\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n<\/script>\n","description":"B2 \u2013 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&#8217;s&nbsp;opinion&nbsp;for&nbsp;profit,&nbsp;public&nbsp;support,&nbsp;or&nbsp;to&nbsp;change&nbsp;the&nbsp;public&#8217;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&#8217;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&#8217;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&#8217;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\u00a0other\u00a0pros\u00a0and\u00a0cons\u00a0can\u00a0you\u00a0add\u00a0to\u00a0this\u00a0list? Do\u00a0you\u00a0think\u00a0the\u00a0pros\u00a0of\u00a0fake\u00a0news\u00a0justify\u00a0distributing\u00a0it?\u00a0Why\u00a0or why not)? Is\u00a0it\u00a0worth\u00a0trying\u00a0to\u00a0fight\u00a0such\u00a0fake\u00a0news\u00a0in\u00a0an\u00a0attempt\u00a0to\u00a0stop\u00a0blatant\u00a0disinformation? How\u00a0would\u00a0you\u00a0explain\u00a0to\u00a0your grandmother\u00a0that\u00a0she\u00a0shouldn&#8217;t\u00a0believe\u00a0everything\u00a0she\u00a0reads\u00a0and\u00a0that\u00a0hoaxes\u00a0are\u00a0published\u00a0everyday? Where do you get your news from and why do you choose these sources? Have [&hellip;]"}