{"id":18015,"date":"2021-04-27T07:52:50","date_gmt":"2021-04-27T05:52:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=18015"},"modified":"2021-06-03T04:44:50","modified_gmt":"2021-06-03T02:44:50","slug":"how-false-information-spreads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2021\/04\/how-false-information-spreads\/","title":{"rendered":"How False Information Spreads"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>B2 &#8211; Upper Intermediate<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, almost everything we do has something to do online; may it be our pastime or our jobs. Sometimes, we feel the need to be connected online for fear of missing out on a lot of things. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a result, different industries have adapted to this trend and have increased their online presence. This includes news media. Now, it&#8217;s more common to see people reading news articles online than in a newspaper. With so much information available at our fingertips, we need to be careful about the things we read online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Click the link and listen to the audio to learn more about how quickly false information can be spread online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org\/skills\/listening\/advanced-c1-listening\/how-false-information-spreads\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>https:\/\/learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org\/skills\/listening\/advanced-c1-listening\/how-false-information-spreads<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Discussion Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>What are the reasons false information spread so easily with the help of technology?<\/li><li>How can false information be prevented from being spread on the internet?<\/li><li>Share a hoax you have heard of before that many people believed right away.<\/li><li>Do you read the news online? Which websites do you get your news from? Why do you get info from these websites?<\/li><li>Do you use Wikipedia? What is your opinion about it or the information on it?<\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B2 &#8211; Upper Intermediate Today, almost everything we do has something to do online; may it be our pastime or our jobs. Sometimes, we feel the need to be connected online for fear of missing out on a lot of things. 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