The document discusses strategies for combating the spread of fake news through critical thinking and normalizing social nonconformity. It defines key terms like fake news, misinformation, and conformity. It also provides tips for identifying fake news such as checking the author, sources, grammar/style, and using fact checkers. The conclusion emphasizes the importance of thinking critically before sharing news online to avoid spreading misinformation.

1. Combatting the Spread of Fake
News in Today's Society through
Critical Thinking
NORMALIZING
SOCIAL
NONCONFORMITY

2. The Philippines had a population
of 110.3 million in January 2021.
There were 73.91 million internet
users in the Philippines in January
2021
There were 89.00 million social
media users in the Philippines in
January 2021.
Digital in the Philippines: All the Statistics

3. Gaano ka katagal mag browse sa mga SOCIAL MEDIA apps?
A. 1-3 ORAS
B. 4-5 0RAS
C. 6-10 ORAS
D. 10- MAHIGIT

6. FACT

8. Combatting the Spread of Fake
News in Today's Society through
Critical Thinking
NORMALIZING
SOCIAL
NONCONFORMITY

9. NORMALIZING SOCIAL NONCONFORMITY: Combatting the
Spread of Fake News inToday's Society through CriticalThinking
normalize
9
to cause (something
previously
considered abnormal
or unacceptable) to
be treated as normal
conformity
altering our
behaviours, beliefs,
and attitudes in
order to match those
of the people around
us

10. NORMALIZING SOCIAL NONCONFORMITY: Combatting the
Spread of Fake News inToday's Society through CriticalThinking
nonconformity
10
expressing opinions,
making judgments, or
performing actions
that are inconsistent
with those of other
people or of the
normative standards of
a social group or
situation
social nonconformity
is the refusal to
comply with society's
standard for normal
attitudes, behaviors,
and beliefs

11. NORMALIZING SOCIAL NONCONFORMITY: Combatting the
Spread of Fake News inToday's Society through CriticalThinking
today’s society
11
considered to be
modern society or it
can be defined as
people living together
in current time
critical thinking
is the intellectually disciplined
process of actively and skilfully
conceptualizing, applying, analyzing,
synthesizing, and/or evaluating
information gathered from, or
generated by, observation,
experience, reflection, reasoning, or
communication, as a guide to belief
and action

12. WHAT IS FAKE NEWS?
INFORMATION DISORDER
1
• designed to manipulate
people’s perceptions of real
facts, events, and statements
2
• It overlaps with misinformation
(false or misleading information)
and disinformation (false
information purposely spread to
mislead people
3
• mal-information; information, that
is based on reality, but used to
inflict harm on a person,
organisation or country

13. “Scary pseudo-scientific facts shared online
have managed to reduce immunization
rates, leading to the outbreak of diseases
that had been virtually eradicated. Some
children have lost their lives as a
consequence of fake news.”
www.unicef.org

16. An infodemic is too much information
including false or misleading information
in digital and physical environments
during a disease outbreak
Infodemic (who.int)

17. How to Identify and Combat
Fake News 17

18. How to Identify and Combat Fake News
18
Do a Visual Assessment

19. How to Identify and Combat Fake News
19
Identify the News Outlet

20. How to Identify and Combat Fake News
20
Check the "About Us"
Section

21. How to Identify and Combat Fake News
21
Identify the Author

22. How to Identify and Combat Fake News
22
Identify the Central Message

23. How to Identify and Combat Fake News
23
Assess Spelling, Grammar, and
Punctuation

24. How to Identify and Combat Fake News
24
Analyze Sources and Quotes

25. How to Identify and Combat Fake News
25
Find Other Articles

26. How to Identify and Combat Fake News
26
Turn to Fact Checkers

27. How to Identify and Combat Fake News
27
THINK BEFORE YOU SHARE

28. “Therefore, let’s choose what we retweet
and share. Let's check the accuracy of all
information. Let’s be fact-checkers.”
www.unicef.org

29. Mapanuri sa bawat balitang binabasa
online. Kung duda ka, i-google mo para ma
fact-check mo. Libre naman yan. Basta
huwag ka lang tamarin.
Tandaan, iba ang may alam.
MELECIO S. BALERO

30. normalize definition & meaning | dictionary.com
social nonconformity: definition & examples - video & lesson transcript | study.com
what is fake news | center for information technology and society - uc santa barbara (ucsb.edu)
modern society meaning, definition & characteristics of modern society | study lecture notes
Digital in the Philippines: All the Statistics You Need in 2021 — DataReportal – Global Digital Insights
Here are media manipulation terms needed to understand mis-, dis-, and malinformation - Novel Science
(substack.com)
Countering misinformation about COVID-19 (who.int)
World Health Organization (WHO) on Twitter: "False information on #COVID19 is spreading & putting people in
danger. Make sure to double-check everything you hear against trusted sources. For accurate information on
#coronavirus find official advice from your country's public health authority & WHO: 👉https://t.co/CeF5m9xIdN
https://t.co/u8K68oLv9W" / Twitter
Fighting misinformation in the time of COVID-19, one click at a time (who.int)
Fake-News-Worksheet.pdf (pfeiffer.edu)
Think before you share - EU vs DISINFORMATION
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