Across
- 3. A tool of fake news: when you attack the credibility of journalists, scientists, and other experts instead of engaging with the evidence.
- 5. A word used to describe information that can not be trusted.
- 7. The term used to describe an environment where someone only encounters information or opinions that reflect and reinforce their own.
- 9. Biased information, ideas, or messages designed to persuade people to support a particular cause, belief, or viewpoint.
- 10. A tool of fake news: pretending to be a credible or authoritative source to gain trust.
- 11. A tool of fake news: promoting claims that powerful individuals or organisations are secretly working together to deceive the public.
- 12. A tool of fake news: when you use fear, anger, outrage, or disgust to encourage people to react without thinking critically.
Down
- 1. A tool of fake news: when you frame issues as 'us versus them' and exaggerate divisions between groups.
- 2. Communication that attacks, threatens, or encourages hatred against a person or group.
- 4. False or inaccurate information that is deliberately created and shared to deceive, mislead, or cause harm.
- 6. False or inaccurate information that is shared without the intent to cause harm.
- 8. A tool of fake news: deliberately provoking conflict, posting inflammatory content, or spreading controversial messages to attract attention and generate reactions.