The article mainly wants to teach us how to avoid misinformation. Misinformation is something that can affect many aspects of the world, of our society, democracy, and so on and so forth. Most of the time, having our own bias can affect what we believe in since we either want to believe that certain things are true or we don’t want to believe that it isn’t true. It’s all due to confirmation bias and choice-supportive bias. Some tips that are said in the article to read past misinformation are: read past clickbait, check your biases, check the source, read laterally and don’t engage with misinformation.
5 Questions:
How does misinformation spread so fast?
Why do people keep willingly listening to misinformation?
Why do people spread misinformation in the first place?
How many issues has this caused in the world?
How can we make sure that misinformation isn’t as spread out rather than spotting it?
Source: https://news.wfu.edu/2021/01/20/facts-and-fake-news-how-to-tell-the-difference/
Links:
https://amp.cancer.org/healthy/cancer-causes/radiation-exposure/cellular-phones.html
https://euro.eseuro.com/celebrities/85590.html
Link (Fake news):
https://amp.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jul/14/mobile-phones-cancer-inconvenient-truths