Do you also find yourself shaking your head in disbelief after watching a video or reading an article on the Internet? Feeling overwhelmed by information and wasting time filtering between verified information and misinformation? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fake news, hoaxes, or misinformation have become a current problem in our society. Up to two-thirds of the messages<\/strong> are considered alarmist on the Internet. They are considered misinformation untrue<\/strong> or misleading information<\/strong>, which are published for the purpose of economic gain or influencing public opinion. Conversely, misinformation does not include errors, parodies, or pointed comments that can be identified. <\/p>\n\n\n\n At MIT, they analyzed 126,000 tweets sent by three million users between 2006 and 2017. They found that fake messages are forwarded approximately seventy times more than true messages<\/strong>. The study was validated by six independent review teams. Source? Here<\/a> Eventual here <\/a>the original directly on the MIT website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The general advice is to prioritize paid media<\/strong> before the free ones. It is more economically demanding, but you will reduce the risk of reading misinformation. Another advantage is that you directly support the authors whose content you consume or that you are not so exposed to endless advertising. Don't forget the good old truth: If we are not paying for the product, we are the product!<\/strong> This applies everywhere on the Internet, including on news servers. Did you know by the way that our brain has the ability fast and slow thinking<\/strong>? Quick thinking is reflexive and therefore more prone to believe half-truths. If we don't pay for content, how else to attract readers and attention in a super competitive environment than with something bombastic? The so-called works on this principle. Clickbait<\/a>. What can clickbait look like in an extreme case? Look at serial<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nHow to gain control over the content of the information?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
A few simple tips to help distinguish between serious and fake news<\/h3>\n\n\n\n