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Summary writing.
Craig Silverman, a journalist, tracked rumors circulating online in 2014 and found that shares and social interactions around fake news articles dwarfed those of the articles that debunked(戳穿) them. According to Silverman, fake news stories are engineered to appeal to people's hopes and fears, and aren't constrained by reality, which gives them the edge in creating shareable content.
You might think you're immune to(对…免疫) falling for these lies, but a wealth of research disagrees. Back in the 1940s, researchers found that "the more a rumor is told, the greater is its plausibility(可信度)". This means a rumor born out of mild suspicion can, by gaining currency, shift public thinking and opinion.
It gets worse:studies show that students tend to place enormous trust in search engines to deliver accurate results, often turning to the first result returned-a concern given that fake news can appear in the section for news stories displayed, for example, above Google's search results.
So how can you protect yourself from digital lies? An easy step is to check who produced it. Often itis clear from the URI, that a website is pretending to be reputable by stealing the name and style of another publication. Also, take a look at the other stories on the website. Fake news websites often have nothing but fake content. If all the stories are outrageous, consider it a red flag. Finally, search for coverage of the story elsewhere, if a story is false you'll often find it debunked on websites such as snopes.com.
Summary: (NO MORE THAN FOUR words for each blank).
Meeting people's 1. and freed from 2., fake news is found to 3. especially when 4.. Worse still, students 5., particularly those 6.of search results. For 7., website visitors should 8. and 9., or 10. for verification.
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