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Fake News

How to identify and avoid Fake News

Reference List

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Brown, D. (2014) How to choose your news. Available at: https://www.ted.com/talks/damon_brown_how_to_choose_your_news/transcript?language=en (Accessed: 27 April 2020). 

Cambridge Online Dictionary (2020) FactCheckAvailable athttps://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/fact-check  (Accessed: 23 April 2020). 

Cambridge Online Dictionary (2020) Fake newsAvailable athttps://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/fake-news (Accessed: 23 April 2020).

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Credit

This guide was created by Nora Hegarty, TUS Library: Midwest.

The Library, Technological University of the Shannon: Midwest