Every time you’re online, you are bombarded by pictures, articles, links and videos trying to
tell their story. Unfortunately, not all of these stories are true. Sometimes they want you to
click on another story or advertisement at their own site, other times they want to upset
people for political reasons. These days it’s so easy to share information. These stories
circulate quickly, and the result is … fake news.
There is a range of fake news: from crazy stories which people easily recognise to more
subtle types of misinformation. Experts in media studies and online psychology have been
examining the fake news phenomenon.
