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How False News Can Spread

Break out of the Filter Bubble

Break out of the filter bubble!

It's easier than ever to avoid seeing information that disagrees with our own point of view. The problem is worse online, where websites like Facebook and Google News automatically give us information based on what we have liked in the past. How can you avoid falling into the confirmation bias trap?

Be intentional about how you gather your news
Don't rely on your friends to share it, or on one channel or news aggregator to provide it to you.

Seek out news from diverse sources
Read authors from a variety of political affiliations, identities, classes, nations, and more.

Read skeptically
If something seems suspicious, look it up! Don't share anything reflexively.

(The material above was used with permission from Wake Forest University's ZSR Library.)

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