Spotting and analyzing fake news

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Spotting and analyzing fake news

Learning objectives

1. By the end of the lesson, you can identify examples of fake news and explain why they are false.

2. You can use 5 new target words, when talking about the topic fake news
   (deepfake, bias, reliable, source, manipulated)

Make a wordweb on the next slide about:

What comes to mind, when you hear the word 'Fake news' ?

Vocabulary related to 'Fake news'

1. untrue,
2. made-up,
3. reported,
4. published,
5. official,
6. strange,
7. manipulated,
8.deep-fake,
9. artificial intelligence,
10. realistic,
11. concerned,
12. clues,

1. onwaar,
2. verzonnen,
3. gerapporteerd,
4. gepubliceerd,
5. officieel,
6. vreemd,
7. gemanipuleerd,
8. deepfake,
9. kunstmatige intelligentie,
10. realistisch,
11. bezorgd,
12. aanwijzingen,

Select 8 words from the vocabulary list and note down in your notebook

1. untrue,
2. made-up,
3. reported,
4. published,
5. official,
6. strange,
7. manipulated,
8.deep-fake,
9. artificial intelligence,
10. realistic,
11. concerned,
12. clues,

1. onwaar,
2. verzonnen,
3. gerapporteerd,
4. gepubliceerd,
5. officieel,
6. vreemd,
7. gemanipuleerd,
8. deepfake,
9. kunstmatige intelligentie,
10. realistisch,
11. bezorgd,
12. aanwijzingen,

• Note down 8 words from the vocabulary list in your notebook.

• Write the meaning of each word you have written down behind each word.
  Tip: search for the meaning online, if needed.

• Draw or desrcribe an image for each word you have written down in you notebook.

• One the next slide you will add one word from your list with an online imagage to the LessonUp-slide.

When you see news online, do you always check if it's true?

A

Often, but not always

B

No, never

C

Yes, I always check where my news comes from

D

I try to, but it is not always the case

How can you spot Fake news accordingly to the video?

What is deepfake?

How can deepfake be harmful?

How can you form an opinion about a news fragment, now you have seen the video about spotting Fake news?

Re-watch the video about spotting fakenews

While you watch the video listen to what is being said.

Complete the missing words in the text (transcript).

Look for the blank spaces in the text and fill in the missing words you hear, while watching and listening to the video again!

Listen to the video and fill in the blankspaces

Hi, I'm Radzi. I'm about to show you a trick I did with __________ software.
I had no idea what it was before I started, but you are going to love this.

__________. You may have heard of the term, but do you know what it means?
__________ is video which uses __________ to swap or digitally alter faces.
Do you think you could spot one?

Hello, it's me again, and I've come to tell you all about the latest developments in __________ tech, which is why we're in the glorious BBC News studios.

Okay, I may have overslept and I might not have left the house yet, but with this new technology, I think I might be able to get away with it. I should probably go to work though.

__________ has many possibilities, so you can look like you're in one place when really you're having a lot more fun elsewhere.

So how can you tell whether a video is fake or not?
Well, in amateur videos, things like flickering or blurring are pretty common, but in terms of the technology advancing, that will make things a lot more __________.

So how did we do it?
Well, we enlisted the help of a specialist __________ company.

Firstly, in the studio, I had to speak into the camera for three minutes continuously. Both my facial expressions and mouth movements were analysed to teach the software about how I speak. This has been used to help create my digital self.

Meanwhile, I went to three different places to film some videos on my phone. In each of those videos, my facial expressions, mouth movements, and voice were then mapped onto digital me. So whatever I said, and wherever I said it, it would all look like I was actually in the studio.

As this tech develops, it's getting easier and easier for people to fake their own videos. Although the apps out there aren't quite as advanced as the trick I did today, it might sound cool, but it's also pretty worrying.

I wanted to find out exactly what those dangers are, so I spoke to one of the BBC's technology experts.

Being able to swap faces in video or create new voice clips has lots of creative possibilities. We could see personalised movies where you can put your face into a film, and it could be used for special effects.

But on the downside, we've already seen this technology used to put celebrity faces onto videos of naked people to try and embarrass them. And there are __________ that in future elections, clips may be __________ to make it look like politicians have made promises that they never did.

So if I look like I'm in one place, when actually I'm somewhere else, how do you know where I really am?

If you liked that video, I hope you did subscribe here, because there's plenty more where that came from.

Fake News & Deepfakes — Fill in the Gap Exercise

Vocabulary list:
untrue  made-up  reported  published  official  strange  manipulated  deep-fake  artificial intelligence  realistic  concerned  clues

Task

Search on social media for a Fake news item and create a short digital presentation

Requirements:

• Provide a link to your Fake news article

• Come up with a new headline for your Fake news article

• Write an introduction about the Fake news you have found

• Explain with 3 arguments why your article is conciderd Fake news

• Add visuals

• Use 5 words from the vocabylary list

Select one of these formats for your presentation about a Fake news article:

1. A vlog

2. A blog post

3. Or an online poster

How confident are you in spotting Fake news?