Fake news has been one of the most hotly-debated socio-political topics of recent years.
Websites which deliberately published hoaxes and misleading information popped up across
the internet and were often shared on social media to increase their reach. The frequency with
which such bogus headlines infiltrate social media and the internet is alarming, as over half of
[05] the population claims to regularly see fake news on sites such as Facebook or Twitter.
Available on: https://www.statista.com/topics/3251/fake-news/. Accessed on: November 10th, 2018.
Due to the rise of fake news in digital media nowadays, readers have to learn how to spot this
kind of disinformation so as to fight against it. The chart below provides some indication of
what can be done.
According to the text, identify the propositions below as true (T) or false (F) and chose the correct alternative, from top to bottom.
( ) The pronoun their (line 3) refers to ‘hoaxes’.
( ) The word misleading (line 2) could be replaced by ‘deceptive’ without change in meaning.
( ) The pronoun it (line 7) refers to ‘digital media’.
( ) The meaning of the sentence ‘Fake news has been one of the most hotly-debated sociopolitical topics of recent years’ (line 1) is that ‘lately fake news has been one of the sociopolitical issues most often agreed to be harmful’.
