Title: Fake News Manual: How to Avoid it, Recognise it, and Deal with it
Course: US Election 2020-Leuphana-Copy > Section: Transatlantic collaboration

You have heard of fake news and have probably read or believed some of it yourself. A recent study gave a shocking statistic, 67% of people probably or definitely saw fake news stories online during the 2016 presidential election (Statista). At the same time only 27% of Americans felt confident in their ability  to recognise fake news (Statista).

While following the election both schools will be consuming American news and it is important to get the facts right. In order for your transatlantic partner school to be able to follow the election properly. We suggest collaborating to create a guide on how to best support each other in recognising fake news,  by collaborating to create a list of fake news sources to avoid, as well as websites to find more neutral political news.

Once you have completed your guide, take a look at the quiz below and see if you can answer all of the questions right.

Resources for this task

1 Web Literacy for Student Fact Checkers
webliteracy.pressbooks.org |
book

2 So How Good are You at Spotting the "Fake News"
The University of Akron |
quiz

3 Countering the Phenomenon of Fake News
30secondes.org | 2019
website